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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569698529
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 02, 2006
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 97
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 20, 1958
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
'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.Running Time: 108 min.System Requirements:Running Time 108 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 012569698529 Manufacturer No: 66985
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I didn't hear that click yet
Paul Newman was a true classic. In the old days, leading men were like old cars: dependable. Paul Newman did a lot of films, but Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a personal favorite of mine.
The movie opens at a wealthy plantation in Mississippi. There's a big celebration; Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt returns home to celebrate his 65th birthday. His son Brick (Paul Newman) is married to Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt (Elizabeth Taylor). Brick was once a college football star before he tore ... Read More
Rating: - A "cat "is never "on a tin roof?"
I've seen this film a few times, but when I saw Paul Newman's review of the film in his remarks on Elizabeth Taylor, on TCM, I felt, as he did, that Ms. Taylor was a great actress and her performance was "right on". "Elizabeth is a true actress and survivor--while she made this film, her husband Mike Todd, died. We all tried to help her, but she said "the work is what keeps me going". She was a sheer delight to work with and 'one hell of an actress". When I saw this tribute to Ms. Taylor, I thought, ... Read More
Rating: - Who's going to get the money?
Big Daddy (Burl Ives) is dying of cancer and the family's going after 10M worth of inheritance. Brick (Paul Newman) and Cooper (Cooper) are Big Daddy's progeny. Cooper's the eldest, but Brick's the favorite. Unfortunately, Brick's married to Maggie the Cat (Taylor) who hasn't favored him with children yet. Cooper's got a bunch of 'no neck monsters' which puts him in favor.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is one of Tennessee Williams' most powerful plays. They couldn't have acquired a better cast ... Read More
Rating: - The Cat's Meow
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is a remarkable,steamy drama of a Southern dysfunctional family starring the late,great Paul Newman as former football champion Brick, Elizabeth Taylor as his sensual wife Maggie,and Burl Ives as Big Daddy. "Cat" has a seemingly simple premise. Brick is injured,impotent,and alcoholic. His wife, Maggie, longs for children. In the meantime, Big Daddy is dying from cancer, and there's a battle over the family fortune.
Newman and Taylor are superb as the leads. Their fights ... Read More
Rating: - Happy shopper!
I was happy with this purchase. It came as promised (new & packaged as such) and much sooner than I expected. It was a gift, so I have not actually viewed the product.
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