The Shooting Party
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| Directed by | Alan Bridges |
| Written by | Isabel Colegate (novel) Julian Bond |
| Produced by | Geoffrey Reeve |
| Starring | James Mason Edward Fox Dorothy Tutin John Gielgud Gordon Jackson Cheryl Campbell Robert Hardy Aharon Ipalé Joris Stuyck Rebecca Saire Sarah Badel |
| Music by | John Scott |
| Distributed by | Curzon Film Distributors |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Shooting Party is a 1984 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges and based on the book of the same name by Isabel Colegate. The film is set in 1913, less than a year before the beginning of the First World War, and shows a vanishing way of life amongst English aristocrats, focusing on a shooting party gathered for pheasant shooting. Their situation is contrasted with the life of the local rural poor, who work on the estate and during the shoot serve as beaters, driving the game. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.