Sunday, March 6, 2011
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
The story of a drunken man living in his own mind, in regards to his glory days as a football player, must spend the day at his childhood home celebrating his fathers birthday. Brick (Paul Newman) must face his own demons while his wife, Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) stands by his side. Dad, or Big Daddy (Burl Ives) has cancer and is dying; everyone knows but Big Daddy and Big Mama, and they all want the large inheritance. This is a spectacular Tennessee Williams play that was converted to the big screen, well played by Newman, Taylor and Ives. The screen play was great and the acting was well done. This will make it on to my top 100 list. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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Okay so I will try this for a third time.. Adam I am glad you liked this movie. It is one of my favorites of PN and on my top 100 list. Taylor is fantastic. The director went back and forth on deciding if PN's role should imply that he is gay, and was lovers with his friend that died. I didn't get that from the movie.
Wow, what movie were you watching? I got that feeling about a hundred times. I was actually suprised when it turned out that he was not gay.
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