Kino Lorber have confirmed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of director William Friedkin's film
The Birthday Party (1968), starring Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols, Sydney Tafler, Moultrie Kelsall, and Helen Fraser The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Plot: Two British mobsters (Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler) drive a mob deserter (Robert Shaw) mad at a seaside resort. Cinematography by Denys Coop (John Schlesinger's
A Kind of Loving, Lindsay Anderson's
This Sporting Life).