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Director:
Jack Hofsiss
Writer:
Tennessee Williams (play)
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Release Date:
19 August 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Actress Kim Stanley Dead At 76
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 August 2001)

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The Definative "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" more

Cast

  (in credits order)

Jessica Lange ... Maggie

Tommy Lee Jones ... Brick Pollitt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Dukes ... Gooper
Penny Fuller ... Mae
Neta Lee Noy ... No Neck Monster

Kim Stanley ... Big Mama

Rip Torn ... Big Daddy
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Directed by
Jack Hofsiss 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Tennessee Williams  play

Camera and Electrical Department
Ken Dettling .... lighting director
Danny Franks .... lighting director
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
144 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original play "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams opened at the Morosco Theater in New York on March 24, 1955, ran for 694 performances and was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. The play also won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1955. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) (TV) more

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10 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
The Definative "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", 27 October 1999
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Author: peacham from Wilkes-Barre



Forget The watered down film version from 1958. forget the ridiculous tacked on "happy" ending between Newman and a Miscast Liz Taylor...This is the ultimate film version of Williams greatest play. The screenplay is direct from William's outstanding revised 1974 text with one of the greatest ending scenes in theatre history. Tommy Lee Jones has never been better than as the alcoholic Brick Pollitt. Jessica Lange is so sexy,manipulative and tortured as Maggie that you don't know if you want to hit her or make love to her. the agony put forth in these two characters manifests itself to perfection in these perfect actors.

As wonderful as Jones and Lange are, they are still outdone by Rip Torn as Big Daddy. 'He's never turned gentleman." Maggie says of her father-in-law and thats the honest truth in Torn's magnetic,engaging and touching performance. His Act II scene with Brick is some of the best screen acting I have ever witnessed. Kim Stanley gives us a very human and warm Big Mamma, unlike Judith Anderson's cold matriarch in the 1958 version and Penny Fuller and David Dukes ooze bile as the Greedy Gooper and Mae. This is a film to be watched over and over. Finally a CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF on screen William's could be proud of !

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