. "Two eccentric hitmen wait impatiently for instructions on their next job. As they sit in the basement kitchen of an abandoned rooming house, unsettling messages from presumably abandoned floors above, make their predicament take a bizarre turn." . "Two eccentric hitmen wait impatiently for instructions on their next job. As they sit in the basement kitchen of an abandoned rooming house, unsettling messages from presumably abandoned floors above, make their predicament take a bizarre turn."@en . . . . . . "The Dumb-waiter" . "Set in the dark, damp basement of a deserted house where two hit-men wait for instructions on their next victim. Robert Altman directs John Travolta and Tom Conti in this Harold Pinter one-act drama."@en . "Dumb waiter" . "Dumb waiter"@en . . . "Made for TV movies" . . . "Pinter's work is heavily influenced by Samuel Beckett, who used silence-filled pauses for a revolutionary theatrical effect. Pinter has spoken of speech as a stratagem designed to cover the nakedness of silence, and these aims are often evident in the dialogue of Gus and Ben. Ben's most prominent response to Gus's constant questions about the nature of their jobs is silence. Lurking underneath this silence is always the threat of violence, the anticipation of something deathly, the play ends as Ben trains his gun on Gus in silence." . . . . . . . . "The dumb waiter"@en . . . "The dumb waiter" . . . . . . . . . . "Two hitmen discuss working conditions, the meaning of words, and articles in the newspaper as they await instructions on the next victim. Mysterious messages are delivered via a dumbwaiter, together with orders for food from the kitchen above which they fill as best they can during their long wait."@en . . "Plays" . "Film adaptations"@en . . . . . . "Two eccentric hitmen wait impatiently for instructions on their next job. As they sit in the basement kitchen of an abandoned rooming house, unsettling messages from presumably abandoned floors above make their predicament take a bizarre turn."@en . . . . . . . . "Crime films and programs" . . . . . . "One-act, two-character play by Harold Pinter about two hitmen who discover a baffling presence in the supposedly deserted house where they await their unknown victim." . . . . . . "Comedy films"@en . . "The Dumb waiter" . . "The Dumb waiter"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Drama" . . "Drama"@en . . . . "English literature." . . "Feature films." . . "Films comiques." . . . . "English literature Film and video adaptations." . . "Sandcastle 5 Productions." . . "Comedy films." . . "Assassins Drama." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "T.H.A. Media Distributors Ltd." . . "Feature films United States." . . "United States." . . "Secret Castle Productions," . .