Turner Classic Movies greatest classic legends film collection. Elizabeth Taylor Warner Bros. Pictures presents. Cat on a hot tin roof: Producer, Lawrence Weingarten ; director, Richard Brooks ; screenplay, Richard Brooks. Father of the bride: Producer, Pandro S. Berman ; director, Vincente Minnelli ; screenplay, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett. Butterfield 8: Director, Daniel Mann ; screenplay, Charles Schnee, John Michael Hayes. The sandpiper: Director, Vincente Minnelli ; screenplay, Dalton Trumbo, Michael Wilson.
Publisher:
Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
2011, 1950
Description:
4 videodiscs (435 min.) : sound, black and white and color 4 3/4 in.
Title from container./ Cat on a hot tin roof based on the play by Tennessee Williams. Father of the bride based on the novel by Edward Streeter. The sandpiper based on the story by Martin Ransohoff and adapted by Irene Kamp and Louis Kamp./ Special features: Cat on a hot tin roof: commentary by biographer/film historian Daniel Spoto; featurette Cat on a hot tin roof: playing cat and mouse; theatrical trailer ; Father of the bride: two newsreels; production notes; theatrical trailer ; Butterfield 8: notes on Elizabeth Taylor; theatrical trailer; The sandpiper: two featurettes: The big sur, and A statue for The sandpiper./ Participants: Cat on a hot tin roof : Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson./ Father of the bride: Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Don Taylor, Billie Burke./ Butterfield 8: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, Jeffrey Lynn, Kay Medford, Susan Oliver./ The sandpiper: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson, Robert Webber, Morgan Mason./ Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary:
Cat on a hot tin roof: A story of deception which is destroying a patriarchal Southern family as its' members gather for the imminent demise of their "Big Daddy." Father of the bride: Chaos reigns when the beautiful daughter of a family casually announces her plans to marry. What follows is a warmly humorous story, with wedding preparations, ruffled egos and the unavoidable meeting with the prospective in-laws. Butterfield 8: A high-class call girl in New York and a socially prominent man fall in love. However, he can't forget her past and she resents his distrust, so they battle their emotions and each other, leading to a powerful and explosive climax. The sandpiper: A repressed minister with a devoted wife must come to terms with his adulterous feelings for a beautiful, free-spirited woman.
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