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Betrayal is a 1983 film adaptation of Harold Pinter's 1978 play of the same name. With a semi-autobiographical screenplay by Pinter, the film was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by David Jones. It was critically well received, praised notably by New York Times film critic Vincent Canby and by Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert. Distributed by 20th Century Fox International Classics (USA), it was first screened in movie theaters in New York in February 1983.
Betrayal follows significant moments in the seven-year extramarital affair of art gallery owner Emma (Patricia Hodge) with literary agent Jerry (Jeremy Irons), the best friend of her husband Robert (Ben Kingsley), a London publisher. With titles such as "Two years earlier" and "One year earlier," nine sequences are shown in reverse chronological order with Emma and Jerry meeting for the first time at the conclusion of the film.
Pinter based the drama on his seven-year (1962-69) clandestine affair with television presenter Joan Bakewell, who was married to producer-director Michael Bakewell. At the time, Pinter was married to actress Vivien Merchant.
Betrayal (1983) Trailer
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Betrayal (1983)
Jeremy Irons - Betrayal (1983)
Betrayal (1983) Robert talks about Squash.
JEREMY IRONS on BETRAYAL 1983 with JIM VERNIERE
JEREMY IRONS BETRAYAL PART 2 1983
Dominic Muldowney: End Title music from "Betrayal" (1983)
Closing to Betrayal- 1983 CBS/FOX Video edition
Opening to Betrayal- 1983 CBS/FOX Video edition
Actors: Jerome Persaud (writer), Jerome Persaud (director), Jerome Persaud (producer), Jerome Persaud (actor), Talia Russo (actress), Stephanie Crosby (actress), Stephanie Crosby (writer), Steve Bruines (actor), Steve Bruines (writer), Bilal Moheebulla (miscellaneous crew), Bilal Moheebulla (writer), Hentley Small (writer), Jon Castell (editor), Zaffrin Pira (writer), Colin Kennific (composer),
Genres: Drama, Short,I've been caught
They're on to me
Metal hound on the loose
I just can't last
Turned in by my wife
Her fear to great
What love for me
Betrayed!
The government
Will make a sport of me
Hunted like an animal
Betrayed!
Escape my only thought
Will the underground help a fireman
Betrayed!
[Chorus]
Never trust anyone
They'll always get you
You'll lose
They're out to get you
Jealousy
And spies
They want my job
What's told aren't lies!
I left a trail
The hound attacks
Head pounding
Betrayed!
[Chorus]
Doomed
No escape
One last pain
Down to the zone
Forbidden place
No one can find me
They need a sacrifice
Innocent blood will do
On TV I see
Who's supposed to be me
Cut down mercilessly
Ripped to shreds
They've done the deed
Betrayed!