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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Overview:

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) was a Drama - Film Adaptation Film directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Lawrence Weingarten.

SYNOPSIS

A blistering adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play features performances from Newman, Ives, and Taylor that have become cinematic cons (Ive's Big Daddy in acres of suit, Taylor's Maggie sprawled in her slip). A dying Southern patriarch surveys the prospects for his legacy in the hands of his sons - one a neurotic weakling and the other an alcoholic conniver - and finds them sorely lacking. Remade for television in 1984 with Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActorPaul NewmanNominated
Best ActressElizabeth TaylorNominated
Best CinematographyWilliam DanielsNominated
Best DirectorRichard BrooksNominated
Best PictureLawrence Weingarten, ProducerNominated
Best WritingRichard Brooks, James PoeNominated
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof BlogHub Articles:

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

By Beatrice on Aug 11, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Directed by Richard Brooks Written by Richard Brooks and James Poe from the play by Tennessee Williams 1958/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Avon Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Fantastic acting and writing makes up for watered-down drama. As the film begins Brick Pollit (P... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)

By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 19, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Along with A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) is one of the most popular Hollywood treatments of a Tennessee Williams play, although the author himself was not a fan of the changes that had to be made to get his story onto film. In spite of Williams' understandable frustra... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)

By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 19, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Along with A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) is one of the most popular Hollywood treatments of a Tennessee Williams play, although the author himself was not a fan of the changes that had to be made to get his story onto film. In spite of Williams' understandable frustra... Read full article

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 7, 2013 From 4 Star Films

Adapted from the Tennessee Williams play, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives, with Jack Carson, and Judith Anderson. The film opens with Brick Pollick (Newman) injuring himself while he is drunk one night. The next day he is still constantly drinking and cold to his wife Mag... Read full article

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 7, 2013 From 4 Star Films

Adapted from the Tennessee Williams play, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives, with Jack Carson, and Judith Anderson. The film opens with Brick Pollick (Newman) injuring himself while he is drunk one night. The next day he is still constantly drinking and cold to his wife Mag... Read full article

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Quotes:

Dr. Baugh: Sometimes I wish I had a pill to make people disappear.
Brick Pollitt: But, how in hell on earth can you imagine you're gonna have a child with a man who cannot stand you.
Brick Pollitt: Careful Maggie, your claws are showing.
Brick Pollitt: People like doing what they used to do, after they've stopped being able to do it.
Brick Pollitt: Big Daddy... What is it that makes him so big? His big heart, his big belly, or his big money?
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Facts
The play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1955.
When Paul Newman agreed to play the role of Brick, he was under the impression the film would simply adapt the original script into a screenplay. When the screenplay deviated wildly from the stage text over Tennessee Williams' objections, Newman expressed his disappointment.
One of the top ten box office hits of 1958.
Tennessee Williams wrote the role of Big Daddy with Burl Ives in mind. Prior to the original stage production, Ives was known primarily as a folk singer, and many within the theatre community question Williams' decision. Ives won rave reviews in the role on both stage and screen, and went on to a long and prestigious acting career.
Ben Gazzara, who originated the role of Brick on Broadway, turned down the role for the film version.
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