In Celebration

Infobox_Film
name = In Celebration


director = Lindsay Anderson
producer = Ely A. Landau
writer = David Storey
starring = Alan Bates
Bill Owen
Brian Cox
James Bolam
Constance Chapman
editing = Michael Ellis
distributor = EMI
released = 1975
runtime = 131 min
language = English
budget =
music = Christopher Gunning
awards =
imdb_id = 0073158
preceded_by = "O Lucky Man!"
amg_id = 1:24476

"In Celebration" is a 1975 film directed by Lindsay Anderson. It is based in the 1969 stage production of the same name by David Storey which was also directed by Anderson.

It stars Alan Bates (recreating his stage role) and takes place in a Yorkshire mining town. The Shaws (Bill Owen, Constance Chapman) are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary and their three sons have come up for a night out at an expensive restaurant. Mr Shaw is a coal miner with 49 years service and one year left until retirement. Andy (Bates), the oldest, studied to be a solicitor gave it up to become an artist. Colin (James Bolam) was a former Communist party member but is now a factory manager has become middle class. The youngest brother Steven (Brian Cox) is a teacher, married with four children of his own, and writing a book. The film examines the tensions which develop as the family reunite over the course of one evening.