Suddenly Last Summer Widescreen; Multiple Languages DVD

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Release Date: 8/15/2000
Original Release: 1959
Format: DVD Widescreen
Length: 114 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
UPC: 043396047525
Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainm

Directed by:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz

Featuring:

Maria Britneva, Montgomery Clift, Mercedes McCambridge, Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Raymond, Katharine Hepburn, Albert Dekker, Joan Young

Categories:

Dramas, Mystery, Psychodrama, Stage Play, Suspense, Thriller, Theatrical Release

	Description

	Gore Vidal's stark, powerful screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play explores the trauma of Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor), whose homosexual cousin dies an unspeakable and gradually revealed death while traveling with her in Europe. Katharine Hepburn as the murdered man's mother can't bear to hear the details of her son's death, preferring instead to have a lobotomy performed on her niece, insisting that the girl is mad. But a doctor (Montgomery Clift) is determined to explore the reasons behind the girl's inexplicable actions and words, eventually uncovering the secrets the mother wants to hide. Williams's play explicitly stated why the murdered man's death so traumatized his cousin, but this adaptation written by Vidal and filled with wild, moody tension by director Joseph L. Mankiewicz allows viewers to read between the lines and gather their own suspicions about Sebastian Venable's death. Taylor radiates uncertainty and fear as the girl terrorized by her cousin's death and her fierce aunt's obsession to keep her quiet, while Hepburn sways with menace in one of her few, deliciously played roles as a villainess. Both actresses were nominated for Best Actress Oscars for their performances.

	DVD Features

	Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78 Full Frame - 1.33 Letterbox - 1.85 Audio: Mono - English Additional Release Material: Trailers Elizabeth Taylor - Star Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director Katherine Hepburn - Star Montgomery Clift - Star Talent Files Vintage Advertisements Text/Photo Galleries: Photo Montage

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	Awards

	No Award information currently available

	Technical Specifications

	Recording Mode - Mono Color - B&W Widescreen Additional Information - Widescreen; Multiple Languages

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Average Rating: Number of Reviews: 2 (view all)

Posted on February 4, 2008

Reviewed by: BillyBob

The year is 1959. You'll really need to keep this time-frame in mind if you choose to watch this flick. Suddenly Last Summer(or SLS for short) was released in an era that gloated over its power to...
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Posted on May 20, 2007

Reviewed by: Jessica Film Junkie

A bizarre and twisted screen version of the Tennessee Williams play about an obsessive wealthy mother, Violet (Katharine Hepburn), who cannot digest the fact of her son's death and instead blames it...
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Suddenly Last Summer Widescreen; Multiple Languages DVD

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