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DVD

Cat on a hot tin roof

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Deluxe ed.

Languages

In English or French, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2011.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Notes

Title from disc surface.

Based on the play "Cat on a hot tin roof" by Tennessee Williams.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.

Special features: Commentary by biographer/film historian Donald Spoto ; featurette Cat on a hot tin roof: playing cat and mouse ; theatrical trailer.

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