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Suddenly, Last Summer

starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge
directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767847490
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767847490
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 15, 2000
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 10811
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 1959



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Product Description:
Tennessee williams yarn about a wealthy southern matriach her supposedly mad niece and a neurosurgeon. Special features: scene selections subtitles in englihs spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai photo montage vintage advertising talent files theatrical trailers production notes and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/27/2009 Starring: Katharine Hepburn Montgomery Clift Run time: 113 minutes Rating: Nr

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This black-and-white film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Southern gothic play is perhaps more famous for the rumored off-screen shenanigans of its stars than for its over-the-top repressed sexuality (only Williams could pull off that paradox, and pull it off he does). Supposedly, stars Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor battled for screen time; Hepburn warred very publicly with director Joseph Mankiewicz; and a postaccident Montgomery Clift relied heavily on painkillers and support from friend Taylor during the grueling shoot. Even this, however, cannot top the events of the film itself, revolving around the unseen playboy Sebastian and his mysterious death, which has something to do with young boys, a decadent European vacation, and Taylor in a provocative wet, white bathing suit. To give away the plot would spoil the fun, but suffice it to say that what Taylor saw was so horrible it drove her nuts, and Sebastian's mother (Hepburn) wants her to have a lobotomy in order to keep it from coming out; Clift is brought in to do the procedure. It's all a hoot and a holler, but as played by the two leading ladies (both of whom nabbed Oscar nominations), it's also compelling, chilling, and utterly gothic. Taylor gives a fierce performance, as the climaxing monologue that reveals Sebastian's 'secret' rests entirely on her shoulders, and Hepburn plays brilliantly against type as Sebastian's manipulating, overbearing mother. Only Clift, saddled with a dreary character in charge of plot exposition, fails to deliver. Adapted by Gore Vidal. --Mark Englehart



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Sweet Bird Of Youth Gone Awry
The first couple of paragraphs here have been used as introduction to other plays written by Tennessee ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - wonderful movie, excellent condition,
Love the movie! It was here quickly and it had no problems, skips or any defects.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Classic Movie Ahead Of It's Time!
I finally got the chance to see this movie in it's entirety on Turner Movie Classics a few weeks ago and ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not bad! But not astoundingly wonderful either.
I was recommended this film not long ago and finally watched it tonight. I think the person, who recommended ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - eh...
Interesting movie, sad, a little depressing. I had to buy this for a film class. Didn't love it for its entertainment ... Read More

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