Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Tennessee Williams (play)
Richard Brooks (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 septiembre 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Just one pillow on her bed ... and just one desire in her heart!

Plot:

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, 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.

Plot Keywords:

Loyalty | Marriage | Athlete | Pregnancy Issue | Football Team

Awards:

Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Hollywood at it's best

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor	...	Margaret 'Maggie the Cat' Pollitt
Paul Newman	...	Brick Pollitt
Burl Ives	...	Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Jack Carson	...	Cooper 'Gooper' Pollitt
Judith Anderson	...	Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt
Madeleine Sherwood	...	Mae Flynn Pollitt
Larry Gates	...	Dr. Baugh
Vaughn Taylor	...	Deacon Davis

También conocida como:

Gata sobre el tejado de zinc, La (Spain) [es]
Gato sobre el tejado de cinc, Un (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

108 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Spain:18 | Portugal:M/12 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:17 | Sweden:15 | USA:Not Rated | West Germany:18 (original rating) | UK:12A (re-rating) (2005) | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) | UK:15 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Coleman Estate, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

Both Lana Turner and Grace Kelly were considered for the part of Maggie the Cat.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Although it is filled once in the afternoon, the ice bucket in Brick's bedroom stays full well into the evening even though it's never replenished.

Quotes:

Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt: I'm gonna pick me a choice woman and I'm gonna smother her in minks and choke her with diamonds. Boy, I'm gonna be happy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (#9.12)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Boom, Boom and It Makes Me Crazy

Hollywood at it's best

Although I had to watch this movie two times before I really understood the meaning of it or the thing that Tennessee Williams wanted to give us to take with us in our life, my opinion about it is the following:

there is no better movie in the world, there is no more charming soundtrack, there is no more beautiful couple of two human beings, there is not any other drama which could keep in touch (I don't know how to say this) with this movie. Love - Hate, Life - Death, Desperation - Hope, Age - Youth, Separation - Reunification, Beauty - Ugliness, Sorrow - Joy, Mendacity - Truth ... This movie keeps everything. Paul Newman is the living sculpture, hard, sharp, tough, immovable, yet with dignity and love. Liz Taylor is the it adoring, cruel, egoistical and honestly acting beauty. Both search Love. They will find it by means of different ways of acting.

I have never seen better actors, a better screenplay, a better camera work, better direction. Don't ever miss it!