The Party’s Over

A film by Guy Hamilton

The original uncensored director’s cut of this controversial film is brought to DVD for the first time. Enigmatic young Melina (Louise Sorel) has fallen in with a group of Chelsea beatniks, catching the attention of the gang’s defiant leader Moise (Oliver Reed), but inviting scorn and jealousy from the group’s other members including Moise’s lover Libby (Ann Lynn). But wild and drunken partying has terrible consequences, and when Melina’s fiancee Carson (Clifford David) begins investigating, the shocking truth is revealed. The Party’s Over, written by Marc Behm (Help!) and with music by John Barry (best-known for his Bond soundtracks), was directed by Guy Hamilton, the director behind the most famous early Bond films including Diamonds are Forever and Live and Let Die.

Format

Blu-ray  DVD  

Special features

  • The complete director’s cut presented in both high definition and standard definition.
  • Original theatrical release version (Blu-ray only) 92 min.
  • Original theatrical release version, cut sequences (DVD only, 18 min).
  • The Party (R A Ostwald, 1962, 15 min).
  • Emma (Anthony Perry, 1964, 15 min).
  • Fully illustrated booklet featuring new pieces by Guy Hamilton, Andrew Roberts William Fowler and Vic Pratt.

Credits

Year

1963

Country

United Kingdom

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Product information

Certificate

12

Colour

Black/white

Subtitles

English for the hard-of-hearing

Original aspect ratio

1.66:1

DVD region

  • 2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories

Blu-ray region

  • B - Includes most European and Middle-Eastern countries, all of Africa, Australia and New Zealand

Catalogue number

BFIB1057