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In an southern mansion an alcoholic ex-football player, Brick, drinks his days away and bitterly resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. As the recently-gathered family faces the impending death of their patriarch Big Daddy, and battle over the inheritance of his vast estate, Brick's time with B...

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Corporate Authors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Avon Productions, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Brooks, Richard, 1912-1992 (Director, Screenwriter), Poe, James, 1923-1980 (Screenwriter), Daniels, William, 1900-1970, Weingarten, Lawrence, 1898-1975 (Producer), Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011 (Actor), Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 (Actor), Ives, Burl, 1909-1995 (Actor), Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992 (Actor), Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (Actor), Sherwood, Madeleine (Actor), Gates, Larry, 1915-1996 (Actor), Taylor, Vaughn, 1910-1983 (Actor), Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2006.
Edition:Widescreen format; Deluxe ed.
Series:Tennessee Williams film collection
Subjects:
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Husband and wife > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Alcoholics > Drama.
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Summary:In an southern mansion an alcoholic ex-football player, Brick, drinks his days away and bitterly resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. As the recently-gathered family faces the impending death of their patriarch Big Daddy, and battle over the inheritance of his vast estate, Brick's time with Big Daddy jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Based on the play : Cat on a hot tin roof / by Tennessee Williams.
"Enhanced for widescreen tvs"--Container.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, dual-layer; region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: unrated.
ISBN:079079568X
9780790795683
1419823183 (set)
9781419823183 (set)
Author Notes:Elizabeth Taylor was born in London on February 27, 1932. At age 3, she already had extensive ballet training and danced for British princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose at London's Hippodrome. Her family moved to the United States at the onset of World War II.

In 1942, she made her screen debut with a small part in the comedy There's One Born Every Minute. She starred in more than 50 movies during her lifetime including Lassie Come Home, National Velvet, Father of the Bride, A Place in the Sun, Giant, Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and The Taming of the Shrew. She won two Academy Awards for Butterfield 8 in 1960 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966. She also received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her advocacy for AIDS research and for other causes in 1993.

She was married a total of eight times and her husbands included Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, and Richard Burton. She wrote several books during her lifetime including Elizabeth Takes Off on Self-Esteem and Self-Image, Elizabeth Taylor: An Informal Memoir, and Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry. She died of congestive heart failure on March 23, 2011 at the age of 79.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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