Double Feature
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
All the sultry drama of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning play is now on the screen! As an alcoholic, ex-footballer (Paul Newman) pushes away his wife (Elizabeth Taylor), a reunion with his dying father (Burl Ives) reveals family secrets. Fiery performances ignite a sweltering classic that scored Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography.
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Writer
- Richard Brooks and James Poe based on the play by Tennessee Williams
- Starring
- Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson
- Year
- 1958
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 108 minutes
Suddenly, Last Summer
These are powers and passions without precedent in motion pictures! Sordid family secrets will come to the surface when a handsome surgeon is tasked with the case of a young woman institutionalized following her cousin’s strange death on holiday the previous summer. Gore Vidal adapts Tennessee Williams’ provocative play with direction from 4-time Oscar winner Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Katharine Hepburn star.
“Too disgusting even for discussion” – John Wayne
- Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Writer
- Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams based on the play by Tennessee Williams
- Starring
- Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift
- Year
- 1959
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 114 minutes