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Basements (1987)
TV Movie | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Basements (1987)

TV Movie | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Adaptations of two early plays, The Room and The Dumb Waiter, by Nobel Prize-winning English playwright Harold Pinter. The first revolves around a paranoiac woman trapped in her apartment. The other is about two small-time crooks waiting.

Director

Robert Altman

Writer

Harold Pinter (plays "The Dumb Waiter" and "The Room") (teleplay)

Producer

Robert Altman (producer)

Composer

Judith Gruber-Stitzer

Cinematographer

Pierre Mignot

Editors

Jennifer Augé | Hélène Girard

Production Designer

Violette Daneau

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Updated May 12, 1987

Release date

May 12, 1987 (United States)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
John Travolta Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter") Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter") See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)
Tom Conti Gus (segment "The Dumb Waiter") Gus (segment "The Dumb Waiter") See fewer	Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
Linda Hunt Rose (segment "The Room") Rose (segment "The Room") See fewer	The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Annie Lennox Mrs. Sands (segment "The Room") Mrs. Sands (segment "The Room") See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Julian Sands Mr. Sands (segment "The Room") Mr. Sands (segment "The Room") See fewer	A Room with a View (1985)
David Hemblen Mr. Hudd (segment "The Room") Mr. Hudd (segment "The Room") See fewer	Rollerball (2002)
Abbott Anderson Actor (segment "The Room") Actor (segment "The Room") See fewer	Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
Donald Pleasence Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") See fewer	Halloween II (1981)