Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Year: 1958
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Length: 108 min
- IMDb rating:
All the sultry, explosive drama of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize play is now on the screen!
Synopsis
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) follows a former athlete turned alcoholic who returns to his family’s Mississippi estate as his domineering father faces a grave illness. As suppressed truths, marital strain, and sibling rivalry surface during a tense birthday gathering, long-buried resentments threaten to shatter the fragile façade of Southern prosperity. This Southern gothic drama blends domestic confrontation and sexual repression in a heated study of mendacity and emotional survival.
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Notes
- Warner’s “Archive Collection” Blu-ray is also available in the “Tennessee Williams Collection” box set with A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Baby Doll (1956) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962).
- Warner’s 2006 “Deluxe Edition” DVD is also available in the “Tennessee Williams Film Collection” box set with A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Baby Doll (1956), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), The Night of the Iguana (1964) and Tennessee Williams’ South (1973), and in the “Elizabeth Taylor: The Signature Collection” box set with National Velvet (1944), Father of the Bride (1950) and Butterfield 8 (1960).
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