Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film)

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
original movie poster
Directed by	Richard Brooks
Produced by	Lawrence Weingarten
Written by	Richard Brooks James Poe Tennessee Williams (play)
Starring	Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman Burl Ives
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	September 18, 1958
Running time	108 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

This is an article about the movie adaptation. For the original play, see Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 film made by MGM and directed by Richard Brooks. It was based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams.

The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson and Madeleine Sherwood. The movie was adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe, and directed by Brooks.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, (Paul Newman), Best Actress in a Leading Role, (Elizabeth Taylor), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Tennessee Williams detested this bowdlerized adaptation and advised people not to see it. Bowing to the tenor of the times, the suggestion of Brick's homosexuality and the circumstances of Skipper's suicide were changed.

[edit] Theatre

The original production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof opened on Broadway on March 24, 1955 and starred Barbara Bel Geddes, Burl Ives, and Ben Gazzara.

[edit] Television

• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was remade for television in 1976, starring Laurence Olivier, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner and Maureen Stapleton. It was directed by Robert Moore.
• Another television version appeared in 1985, starring David Dukes, Penny Fuller, Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley and Rip Torn. It was directed by Jack Hofsiss.

[edit] External links

• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) at the Internet Movie Database
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) (TV) at the Internet Movie Database
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985) (TV) at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Richard Brooks

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