Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A freewheeling, headlong slide into the corrosive hell of a marriage twisted by years of hatred and humiliation.
| Corporate Author: | Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Warner Home Video (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011., Burton, Richard, 1925-1984., Segal, George., Dennis, Sandy, 1937-1992., Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005., Nichols, Mike., Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
| Published: |
Burbank, CA :
Warner Home Video,
[1996]
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
A freewheeling, headlong slide into the corrosive hell of a marriage twisted by years of hatred and humiliation. |
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| Item Description: |
Based on the play by Edward Albee. Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD. |
| Audience: |
Not rated. |
| Awards: |
Winner of five Academy Awards, 1966: best actress, best supporting actress, best art direction, best cinematography, and best costume design. |
| Production Credits: |
Music, Alex North. |
| ISBN: |
0790732254 9780790732251 |
| Author Notes: |
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) |