The Shooting Party
(1985)
Director:
Alan Bridges
Writer:
Julian Bond, Isabel Colegate
Cast:
James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.