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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Deluxe Edition)
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"I'm not living with you," Maggie snaps at Brick. "We occupy the same cage, that's all." The raw emotions and crackling dialogue of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize play rumble like a thunderstorm in this film version whose fiery performances and grown-up themes made it one of 1958's top box-office hits. Paul Newman earned his first OscarO nomination* as troubled ex-sports hero Brick. In a performance that marked a transition to richer adult roles, Elizabeth Taylor snagged her second. Her Maggie the Cat is a vivid portrait of passionate loyalty. Nominated for six Academy AwardsO including Best Picture* and also starring Burl Ives (repeating his Broadway triumph as mendacity-loathing Big Daddy), Judith Anderson and Jack Carson, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof sizzles. DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by Biographer Donald Spoto, Author of The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams
Featurette:? New Featurette Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse
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Elizabeth Taylor has never been sexier than as Tennessee Williams's hot-blooded Maggie "The Cat" Pollitt, prowling around her boudoir in a slinky white slip. That's how you know her alcoholic, ex-football-player husband, Brick (Paul Newman), must have more than just his leg in a cast. It's the 65th birthday of wealthy (but dying) southern patriarch Big Daddy (Burl Ives), and his sons Gooper (Jack Carter) and Brick have come to suck up to him for $10 million in inheritance money. Gooper is a family man and father to a brood of "no-neck monsters"; youngest boy Brick is papa's favorite (as if you couldn't tell from the fellow's names), but hasn't sired progeny. Maggie is definitely in heat, but Brick refuses to sleep with her because he suspects her her of being unfaithful with his best friend, who recent committed suicide. Although toned down for the movies, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is vintage Tennessee Williams. The film was directed by Richard Brooks (In Cold Blood, Blackboard Jungle, Elmer Gantry). --Jim Emerson
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Deluxe Edition)
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The rich old man had more heart than anyone recognized. He loves the old man, while brushing aside the junk, collected over a life time. Somehow, that was me. It's a good movie when each time you watch it you see something new. The fast talk and the angry, penetrating looks projected the image I wanted to imitate but never could. The openning scene in which the nostalgic fool broke his leg on the high hurdles made a lasting impression. Nevertheless, it was Paul Newman's performance that stuck with me over the years, the mushy clay that became a brick.
She made the college boys tremble with an awesome respect. I guess I'll probably watch this movies another handfull of times before I die. In those days I was impressed by Liz Taylor, the cat, beautiful, and vicious. Then, descending to the basement with his father, he becomes the true son. At my present age I can finally admire the Oscar winning performance of Burl Ives. I saw it first as a college student in the 1960s. This is a classic, worth keeping and watching again and again.
The hansome cripple, without a shirt, swinging on the bannisters, while shouting the blistering truth to the dumb founded family below, isn't that way we would all like to think of ourselves.
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Great movie. Great performances by ET & PM. Hollywood cannot redo this movie because there are no current actors that can touch the performance given by this cast.
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Everyone MUST see this movie. A Must MUST MUST see. This is a total movie classic starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor. It's iconic in the move genre.
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One of the best movies ever. I could watch this one over and over.
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Great date movie. Great cast and the story line goes very fast. Mind you , the story is all in one day. Your husband might enjoy this movie with you. This movie is a classic. You'll love the bedroom converstations between Breck and Maggie.
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