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| Genre | Drama |
| Format | Color, Dubbed, Special Edition, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Original recording remastered |
| Contributor | Vaughn Taylor, Jack Carson, James Poe, Lawrence Weingarten, Judith Anderson, Larry Gates, Richard Brooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Tennessee Williams, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Madeleine Sherwood See more |
| Initial release date | 2006-05-02 |
| Language | English |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Deluxe Edition (DVD) "I'm not living with you," Maggie snaps at Brick. "We occupy the same cage, that's all." The raw emotions and crackling dialogue of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize play rumble like a thunderstorm in this film version whose fiery performances and grown-up themes made it one of 1958's top box-office hits. Paul Newman earned his first OscarO nomination* as troubled ex-sports hero Brick. In a performance that marked a transition to richer adult roles, Elizabeth Taylor snagged her second. Her Maggie the Cat is a vivid portrait of passionate loyalty. Nominated for six Academy AwardsO including Best Picture* and also starring Burl Ives (repeating his Broadway triumph as mendacity-loathing Big Daddy), Judith Anderson and Jack Carson, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof sizzles.
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The main extra here is a commentary recorded by the veteran biographer Donald Spoto, who brings a breezy and amusing narrative style to a discussion of the behind-the-scenes production issues as well as the play's themes of mendacity and secrecy, with a nod to Cat's place in Tennessee Williams' oeuvre. In particular, good detail is given on how the play's veiled homosexual anxieties were adapted into different form for the movie. A rather trivial ten-minute short doc, Playing Cat and Mouse, concentrates on what the film meant to the careers of Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, with the emphasis on Taylor's personal tragedy during shooting: her husband Mike Todd was killed in an airplane crash a week into filming. The film's original trailer is also included. --Robert Horton
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 1.44 ounces
- Item model number : WHV66985DVD
- Director : Richard Brooks
- Media Format : Color, Dubbed, Special Edition, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Original recording remastered
- Run time : 1 hour and 48 minutes
- Release date : May 2, 2006
- Actors : Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Producers : Lawrence Weingarten
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
- Studio : Studio Distribution Services
- ASIN : B000EBD9T4
- Writers : Richard Brooks, James Poe
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #30,925 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #4,982 in Drama DVDs
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You have to watch it all the way to the end to find out exactly why the main couple is having problems. it's a classic so it is a must see.
I have long been an admirer of Williams. Some months ago, I read John Lahr's recent biography and read or reread many of Williams' works, including "Cat", and viewed some of the many films based on them. I hadn't seen the famous 1958 film of "Cat" and didn't watch it when I was rereading Williams. But seeing the fine production of the play moved me to watch the film on Amazon Instant Video.
The film stars Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie the Cat and Burl Ives as Big Daddy. Paul Newman has the other starring role as Brick. Ives and Madeline Sherwood, who plays Sister Woman, were part of the original 1955 Broadway production.
Ives, Taylor, and Newman offer excellent performances as does the rest of the cast. The scenery and the setting enhance the film. Some of Williams' themes, including the need for love, facing death, loneliness, and the inevitable tendency of people and family members to misunderstand one another are well-presented. The film, however, lacks the power and emotional rawness of Williams' play. The problem does not lie simply in the film's muted references to homosexuality in the relationship between Brick and his friend Skipper. The references in the play itself are more suggestive than direct. Rather the film tones down emotions and passions and the inner life, including explicatives and sexual references. It tends to become a family drama.
In the play, Williams toned down the third act at the suggestion of Elia Kazan to provide an ending with a sense of hope. For the rest of his life, Williams was conflicted about the ending. The play is almost always performed as Williams revised it, and rightly so. But most texts of "Cat" include both the original and the revised third act. The ending of the film, which includes a lengthy tear-jerking scene between Brick and Big Daddy goes far beyond anything in Williams' final version of the play. It is maudlin and unconvincing. If it does not go as far as spoiling the movie, it weakens it and Williams' play substantially.
Film is a different medium than live drama or than reading. The film succeeds on its own term and offers the many people who have not seen a live production of "Cat" or read the play the opportunity to understand something of the play and of Williams. The film is also valuable for serious admirers of Williams to see. If it is not entirely faithful to the play, it offers an interpretation and insight into it while showing how as well how the play was received into mainstream culture at the time of the film. The film is worth watching but it is not the play. Those viewers who love the film may be encouraged to explore the text of Williams' play or to see it in a live production if they have not already done so.
Robin Friedman
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Neben dem Ausbruch von alten Konflikten und aktuellen Erbstreitigkeiten (der Vater und Patriarch der Familie, Big Daddy, ist sterbenskrank, gespielt von Burl Ives) steht auch die Beziehungskrise und ihre Überwindung am Ende von Maggie (E. Taylor) und Brick (P. Newman) im Handlungsfokus. Skandalös auch für diese Zeit die Anspielungen auf die homosexuellen Neigungen Bricks zu dessen verstorbenen Freund.
Knisternde Erotik, Mechanismen menschlicher Beziehungsgeflechte, schwelende und dann ausbrechende Konflikte, Alkoholismus bestimmen die spannende, teilweise kammerspielartige Handlung.
Tennessee Williams sagt dazu:
"Der Vogel, den ich im Netz dieses
Stückes fangen möchte, ist nicht die
Lösung eines psychologischen Problems
eines Einzelnen. Ich möchte den
Wahrheitsgehalt von Erlebnissen
innerhalb einer Gruppe von Menschen
darstellen, jenes flackernde, umwölkte,
schwer zu fassende - aber fieberhaft
mit Spannung geladene! - Zusammenspiel
lebendiger Wesen in der Gewitterwolke
einer gemeinsamen Krise." und
"Das Leben ist kannibalisch. Das
eine Ich frisst das andere Ich.
Immer ist jemand dabei, an einem
anderen zu nagen, aus Neid, aus
Profitgier, aus Angst. Wissen Sie,
die Vorstellung, in einem Zimmer
zu schlafen, wo nicht irgendwo eine
Flasche steht, finde ich ziemlich
schrecklich. Es könnte ja immerhin
sein, dass ich nachts aufwache und
einen Schluck brauche."
Genial!!!





