Charlie Samson, who works as an accountant, starts his day with an unexpected news. His wife Helen is going to be a mother. The announcement startles Charlie, who was not planning on the new arrival. He asks Helen for five dollars for the gift the guys at the office are buying Arnold, the man that will be marrying soon. Charlie does not plan in going to the dinner Eddie has prepared for the future groom, but Helen feels he should go to unwind. After all, going to night school is clearly taking its toll.
Little prepares Charlie for the long night he will spend in the company of four of his fellow workers. Eddie is an aggressive single whose only wish is to go to bars where he can pick up women to satisfy his empty life. After the dinner, Eddie wants to keep the party going. The five men go from bar to bar, to his apartment, where no one really wants to go.
Meanwhile, Helen Samson receives the visit of her sister-in-law, Julie, a bitter woman stuck in a bad marriage. She knows her husband cheats on her constantly. Upon learning about Helen's pregnancy, Helen tells her, point blank, about the possibility of getting rid of the baby. Helen is horrified because she has been looking forward to motherhood as the fulfillment of her life, as a woman, and as a wife.
The bar hopping scene becomes pathetic, when only Arnold, Eddie and Charlie are left to keep the party going. The three men finally show up at a party they had been told by a lonely young woman that needs all the help she can get because of her narcissistic outlook in life. She just wants to be told she is loved from any man, including Charlie, who has had enough and leaves to take Arnold home. In his drunken state, Arnold reveals he is terrified of getting married. Getting home and seeing Helen again, brings a kind of peace to Charlie after the crazy night he just experienced.
"The Bachelor Party" was an achievement when it made its debut. The film spoke of things no one had dared to say on the screen intended for a big audience before. Abortion is clearly pointed out to Helen by Julie, an unhappy woman, as a way to avoid the situation she is facing. There is also the case of loneliness with Eddie and the young Village girl that must be told how much is is loved. These creatures of the Manhattan of the times continue to live in big cities all over America, although the language in films is much more frank today.
Paddy Chayefski, the screenwriter of "Marty", created this work as a television play, which was expanded to a film. Delbert Mann, was the natural choice, after having worked with Mr. Chayefsky. The film had an excellent cast. Don Murray, Jack Warden, E.G. Marshall, Larry Blyden, Philip Abbott, Patricia Smith, among others. The two outstanding performances came from Nancy Marchand, making her film debut and by Carolyn Jones, the lonely "Village" girl, who went to win the Oscar for best supporting actress.
Joseph LaShelle, the cinematographer, gives us a tour around the New York of that era. Some of the locations included Stuyvesant City Housing Project, home for lots of middle class families. Paul Merz is credited with the musical score with the help of Alex North. The film owes to the inspired collaboration of Delbert Mann and Paddy Chayefsky.
Little prepares Charlie for the long night he will spend in the company of four of his fellow workers. Eddie is an aggressive single whose only wish is to go to bars where he can pick up women to satisfy his empty life. After the dinner, Eddie wants to keep the party going. The five men go from bar to bar, to his apartment, where no one really wants to go.
Meanwhile, Helen Samson receives the visit of her sister-in-law, Julie, a bitter woman stuck in a bad marriage. She knows her husband cheats on her constantly. Upon learning about Helen's pregnancy, Helen tells her, point blank, about the possibility of getting rid of the baby. Helen is horrified because she has been looking forward to motherhood as the fulfillment of her life, as a woman, and as a wife.
The bar hopping scene becomes pathetic, when only Arnold, Eddie and Charlie are left to keep the party going. The three men finally show up at a party they had been told by a lonely young woman that needs all the help she can get because of her narcissistic outlook in life. She just wants to be told she is loved from any man, including Charlie, who has had enough and leaves to take Arnold home. In his drunken state, Arnold reveals he is terrified of getting married. Getting home and seeing Helen again, brings a kind of peace to Charlie after the crazy night he just experienced.
"The Bachelor Party" was an achievement when it made its debut. The film spoke of things no one had dared to say on the screen intended for a big audience before. Abortion is clearly pointed out to Helen by Julie, an unhappy woman, as a way to avoid the situation she is facing. There is also the case of loneliness with Eddie and the young Village girl that must be told how much is is loved. These creatures of the Manhattan of the times continue to live in big cities all over America, although the language in films is much more frank today.
Paddy Chayefski, the screenwriter of "Marty", created this work as a television play, which was expanded to a film. Delbert Mann, was the natural choice, after having worked with Mr. Chayefsky. The film had an excellent cast. Don Murray, Jack Warden, E.G. Marshall, Larry Blyden, Philip Abbott, Patricia Smith, among others. The two outstanding performances came from Nancy Marchand, making her film debut and by Carolyn Jones, the lonely "Village" girl, who went to win the Oscar for best supporting actress.
Joseph LaShelle, the cinematographer, gives us a tour around the New York of that era. Some of the locations included Stuyvesant City Housing Project, home for lots of middle class families. Paul Merz is credited with the musical score with the help of Alex North. The film owes to the inspired collaboration of Delbert Mann and Paddy Chayefsky.