The Garden Party

This award-winning adaptation of the short story by Katherine Mansfield and PBS special was produced by Paul R. Gurian and written and directed by Jack Sholder in 1973. It stars Beatrice Straight, Maia Danziger & Jessica Harper.
Please note that while the American filmmakers wished to honor the intentions of this classic literary work, the time and location were moved from England after WW I to New England after WW II.

[@minxkalo7808]

beautiful! I read the story and immediately wanted to see if there was a film :) thank you! ❤️

[@PhonographybySahad]

Same

[@xanderalaric228]

Instablaster.

[@jesseleeward2359]

There is another one from the 80s

[@fatemarahman1194]

Same

[@iteteitata8914]

I've wanted to watch this movie for years. thank you!! from JAPAN.

[@liamoohay24365]

Why is this aesthetically so pleasing?

[@gc7369]

Thnx 4 the film. Tomowrow I have exam in this novel From iraq / aziz

[@umar2126]

Haha i am also watching this for my exams 😂😂 From Kashmir

[@fatemarahman1194]

I have also exam on this short story from Bangladesh.

[@differentworld9109]

I am From Bangladesh 🫣

[@user-hbf5nv90hcj]

اني هم 😂😂

[@myshafarhana4082]

Thanks for uploading this..movie.I am looking for this movie for a long time. What a strange connection!! My exam is knocking at the door about this novel. Now I am very delighted to find this movie.😀😀 ( from Bangladesh)💓💓

[@star07yt13]

@Play Date mine too 🥺🥺 I'm gone fail 🥺🥺

[@dilarabegum6638]

Bangladesh from which state?? Me from Sylhet

[@mimisurovy9401]

Thank you, tomorrow I have exam on this topic 😅😅😅

[@sauravroynil849]

and today i have the same topic to teach my student ..... 😅😅 though I'm not a teacher.

[@LamNguyen-bs9tj]

Me tooo 😂

[@suyasrivastv]

With this adaptation you'd definitely fail

[@afifasimlee2111]

In 3 hours I've a exam on this

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😂

[@md.furkanali3402]

I'm from Bangladeshi..

[@mssohagi474]

Me too🙋‍♀️

[@dolakhatun3869]

me too

[@nazmunhaque3833]

I am from Bangladesh 🇧🇩♥️

[@HMShakilAhmed53]

I afraid you are not a student of English 😂

[@cinepost]

Turned out great! We enjoyed working with you on the restoration.

[@stranger_12167]

Thnxx for uploading this movie. Tomorrow is exam in this novel. Really helpful 🥰🥰

[@jesseward568]

Wait! Stop! It is set in New Zealand!

[@stranger_12167]

@@jesseward568 no India

[@jesseward568]

@@stranger_12167 no I mean the story is set in New Zealand

[@nyarhiki]

Wow, this adaptation is significantly different from the original short story. A lot of the themes and ideas are either barely explored or are non-existent. “Little things” such as the linguistics of the Sheridans in contrast to the working class’ are actually significant- yet is completely cut out. And obviously many more such as... where’s Jose?! Perhaps the director or even scholars at the time didn’t recognize the significance of the things they left out, but what’s left is terribly uninteresting. For anyone who chooses to watch this adaptation in place of the short story (especially for academic reasons), I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the original work. Much of the discussions regarding the story’s themes are prevalent with the written work. You’ll notice distinct differences between the social class’ dialect, the significance of Laura’s acquired hat, Laura aestheticizing reality, and whatever else you’ll hopefully discover for yourself. Despite my opinion on this adaptation, I’m really glad I was able to watch it. Thank you for those who restored this!

[@gurian-sholderproductions122]

Thanks for watching. I wanted to make this film because I was moved by the story. As an American I decided to "adapt" it for America while still keeping what was true and beautiful about Mansfield's story. I moved the setting from England to New England and the time from after WW I to after WW II. Film is a different medium than prose; it works as much by what you see as what is spoken. As the great director Elia Kazan said, "We feel for the skeleton under the skin of the words." So some of the dialogue from the story was abridged or removed. If this is for school, you MUST read the story which is a small masterpiece. It was my hope to capture the story's essence. It is for you to decide to what degree I succeeded.

[@fatizora1737]

Could you please tell me where I can found the original story....because me too I noticed that most of themes are missing.....and I really need it because I have exam .....

[@fatizora1737]

​@@gurian-sholderproductions122could please explain to me the end of the story when Laura said isn't it isn't life.........what she want to delever us Mansfield through laura

[@user-hn7ms6dk6o]

Thank you from Morocco

[@aswinsamuel5798]

Beautiful ❤❤❤ 😊 It will help me in my examination 😊

[@shrijansamrat8485]

Beautiful thank you for this

[@leopoon458]

thank you for sharing it

[@jennifersanchez7490]

Loved this you guys need to keep this up very perfect.

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Thank you so much

[@creativityatitspeak]

Such a beautiful story 😊🙂😭

[@cheeriomilk7401]

what is the song that laura plays on the piano that also plays at the beginning and end of the film?

[@anne4298]

Schumann - Kinderszenen (No. 1, Scenes from Childhood)

[@lostsoul2184]

that mom be coming straight through arnofsky's requiem TV

[@cuteseema5800]

Thanku very much

[@luftim]

I still dont quit understand that last part... ok she saw the dead guy, but what? she understand that there are bad things that can happen in life or? Never got that part, maybe because its the psychopath in me that dont feel it?

[@happyff700]

المغاربة بانو هنا 😂😂

[@nafiz799]

❤❤

[@mirzahidofficial]

Little bit Helpful for exams

[@PlayerPoet]

I've never seen such. 🎉😊❤

[@sarminakter6664]

from Bangladesh🎉

[@shaistafarooq3604]

Any kashmiri students here before few hours of exam 🤭

[@numanwani3763]

Yeah😂

[@Sarah-sq7yd]

Yeah present , but not before exams , was actually searching for song " this life is weary" , it just crossed my sight and started watching it, love it , one of my favourite short stories

[@tahmidliam14]

Not from Kashmir rather from Chittagong. Tomorrow I will sit for my semester final exam at 11:00am. And here I am watching this movie at this hour without even reading the text! 🙂🤲

[@mirzahidofficial]

Me now 😢😢😢

[@discovertheworld3681]

18 hours are left.....

[@babbusharma100]

Great story

[@academic771]

Best😃

[@hope9169]

I've Viva tomorrow about this topic

[@nesarullahsihab790]

Thanks... Tomorrow i have exam on this topic... 06 November 2023

[@ozandogan343]

Türkiye den selamlarr

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❤

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Any Bangladeshi is here who is watching for his/her upcoming exam

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কী পরীক্ষা ?

[@Forrthetrees]

He stepped out of the shadow. "Is that you, Laura?" "Yes." "Mother was getting anxious. Was it all right?" "Yes, quite. Oh, Laurie!" She took his arm, she pressed up against him. "I say, you're not crying now, are you? asked her brother. Laura shook her head. She was. "You're worthless and weak! You do nothing! You are nothing! You sit in here all day and play that sick, repulsive electric twanger! I carried an M-16 and you! You carry that... that... that... guitar! Who are you! Where do you come from? Are you listening to me!? What do you want to do with your life!?" But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood.

[@sabirh5046]

Watching this before reading the text for academical purpose 😅

[@bunkaunk]

Terrible. The story is poorly represented. The contrast between the good manners and the insensitivity is poorly represented because the manners are really not that good. Also the changes in the tone of the of the story as it moves to the end is not there at all. The political message is punched up to the sacrifice of everything else. An effort to update things to the US in fairly modern times makes it seem like a political message, when it is much more. Read the story. It will take about the same amount of time and the story is a work af genius this is a pale attempt at using that work of genius to make something mediocre.

[@jesseward568]

They don't have very good manners in the original. But I agree they are American in this

[@jesseward568]

The 70s equivalent of wringing out your hair at the table is doing your nail polish

[@amirshafi9761]

Disappointing 😕