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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

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Review

Everyone has a skeleton in their closet in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Elizabeth Taylor sinks her claws into the role of Maggie the Cat, the tormented, sexually frustrated wife of guilt-ridden ex-jock Brick (Paul Newman). The prototypic tale of family conflict and confrontation. In keeping with the censorship of its time, MGM eliminated any direct references to Brick's homosexuality, and blurred the otherwise sensual relationship between him and his best friend Skipper, thereby confusing the reason of why Skipper committed suicide.

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DVD Widescreen: $17.99 (Deluxe Edition)

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 012569698529

Studio : Warner

Languages: English Dolby Digital Mono (Primary) , French Dolby Digital Mono , English Subtitles , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85
Features:
Audio commentary: by Biographer Donald Spoto, Author of The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams
Featurette: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse"

Genres

Drama, Hollywood Classics

Customer Reviews

A Tennessee Williams Classic

Buddhaman wrote on 11/15/2009:

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is truly a guilty pleasure! As with most Tennessee Williams plays, there's a homosexual subtext that the Hollywood production code of the time wouldn't allow to be blatantly explored. However Taylor and Newman are the reasons to watch this film. Their beauty is unparralled. Burly Ives is a treat also as Big Daddy. Taylor's performance occured right after the death of her third husband Michael Todd. She threw herself into the Maggie the cat role as a way of coping with her grief and it pays off. This is definitely a film for avid videophiles.