Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [Deluxe Edition]

Director: Richard Brooks, Dan Fogelman

Overview

"Warner Home Video has done well by Richard Brooks' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), giving the movie a gloriously sharp and vivid transfer in its proper non-anamorphic aspect ratio (1.85:1). That would be enough by itself to recommend this DVD -- Paul Newma

Product Details

Release Date:	05/02/2006
UPC:	0012569698529
Original Release:	1958
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	3,327

Special Features

Closed Caption;Commentary by biographer Doland Spoto, author of The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams; New featurette Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse; Theatrical Trailer; Languages: English & Fran?ais; Subtitles: English, Fran?ais, & Espa?ol

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Paul Newman	Brick
Elizabeth Taylor	Maggie,Deacon Davis
Burl Ives	Big Daddy
Jack Carson	Cooper
Judith Anderson	Big Mama
Madeleine Sherwood	Mae
Larry Gates	Dr. Baugh
Patty Ann Gerrity	Dixie Pollitt
Rusty Stevens	Sonny Pollitt,Sonny Pollitt
Hugh Corcoran	Buster Pollitt,Boy Pollitt
Deborah Miller	Trixie Pollitt
Vince Townsend Jr.	Lacey
Zelda Cleaver	Sookey
Tony Merrill	Party Guest,Party Guest
Jeane Wood	Party Guest
Bobby Johnson	Groom
Mildred Dunnock	Bit Part
Vince Townsend	Lacey - Servant
Al Pacino	Actor
Annette Bening	Actor
Jennifer Garner	Actor
Bobby Cannavale	Actor
Christopher Plummer	Actor
Katarina Cas	Actor
Giselle Eisenberg	Actor
Melissa Benoist	Actor
Josh Peck	Actor
Brian Thomas Smith	Actor
Scott Lawrence	Actor
Michael Patrick McGill	Actor
Kiff VandenHeuvel	Actor
Nick Offerman	Actor
Eric Schneider	Actor
Deacon Davis	Actor
Andr? Previn	Composer
Charles Wolcott	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Brooks

James Poe

Tennessee Williams

Richard Brooks	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
James Poe	Screenwriter
Lawrence Weingarten	Producer
Lee LeBlanc	Special Effects
Tennessee Williams	Screenwriter
Wesley C. Miller	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Norwood A. Fenton	Sound Effects
Van Allen James	Sound Effects
Dean Smith	Stunts

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1. Credits [1:51]
2. Bad Behavior [3:07]
3. Report on the No-Necks [4:31]
4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [4:25]
5. Big Daddy's Return [4:52]
6. Same Cage [4:20]
7. Where the Rocks Are [3:34]
8. What Kind of Truth? [4:10]
9. Maggie the Cat is Alive [7:29]
10. The Party Comes to Brick [4:28]
11. Breaking Mama's Heart [1:49]
12. Talking Tough with Brick [:36]
13. Disgust and Mendacity [5:22]
14. About Skipper [4:26]
15. Play by Play [2:42]
16. "I Let Him Down" [6:02]
17. Exchange of Truths [3:55]
18. Family Discussion [4:05]
19. "I Want Brick" [4:33]
20. Presence of Malice [3:10]
21. Cellar Full of Things [5:03]
23. Look at Me [4:04]
22. Big Daddy's Daddy [6:46]
24. The Storm Inside [2:53]
25. Maggie's Present [4:50]
26. Through with Lies [3:22]

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Disc #1 -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Scene Selections
Special Features
Commentary by Donald Spoto
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Spoken Languages
English
Français
Subtitles
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Editorial Reviews

Paul Newman's first big success came in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the 1958 film adaptation of playwright Tennessee Williams' claustrophobic drama. Newman got his first Oscar nomination, one of seven for the film, for his role as Brick Pollitt, the former football star, and Elizabeth Taylor was at her feline best as his dangerous wife, Maggie. Some of the more controversial elements of Williams' melodrama were downplayed in the film version so as not to ruffle the censors of the era. But it still remains a steamy, haunting piece of filmmaking under the direction of Richard Brooks. Remakes were executed for television in 1976 and 1984, the latter starring Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones.