Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Note Générale:

8,0/10   

Réalisateur:

Richard Brooks

Scénaristes:

Tennessee Williams (play)
Richard Brooks (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

20 septembre 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Just one pillow on her bed ... and just one desire in her heart!

Intrigue:

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Plot Keywords:

Alcoholic | Cancer | Birthday | Mississippi | Marriage

Récompenses:

Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

My favorite film, full of sizzle and mendacity!!

Ensemble

Elizabeth Taylor	...	Margaret 'Maggie the Cat' Pollitt
Paul Newman	...	Brick Pollitt
Burl Ives	...	Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Jack Carson	...	Cooper 'Gooper' Pollitt
Judith Anderson	...	Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt
Madeleine Sherwood	...	Mae Flynn Pollitt
Larry Gates	...	Dr. Baugh
Vaughn Taylor	...	Deacon Davis

Durée:

108 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Metrocolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Portugal:M/12 (re-rating) | Spain:18 | Finland:K-3 (2007) | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:17 | Sweden:15 | USA:Not Rated | West Germany:18 (original rating) | UK:12A (re-rating) (2005) | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) | UK:15 (video rating)

Lieux de tournage:

Coleman Estate, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, USA

Société:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Anecdotes:

Due to a musicians union strike, the movie lacks a traditional musical score composed especially for the picture. Instead, a "canned" score, comprised of pre-recorded pieces from the MGM music library, is used. Most of this music, including the evocative main theme, was originally composed by André Previn for MGM's Tension (1949).

Goofs:

Continuité: The "Southern accents" by almost every character are wildly inconsistent from scene to scene and from each other.

Guillemet:

Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: Where did I fail you? Where did I make my mistake?

Connexions:

Référencé sur The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999) (V)

Bande son:

Soothe My Lonely Heart

My favorite film, full of sizzle and mendacity!!

This is my all-time favorite film, ever ever ever ever!!

How can I describe the fabulousness?? Paul and Liz are so hot and beautifully frustrating together as Brick and Maggie, that the TV nearly explodes...Gooper is perfectly portrayed as a good man, financially independent, but still seeking Big Daddy's approval, and a prime example of a man being "whipped"...we hate Sister Woman, and rightly so -- for she is a despicable character...Big Momma is stronger than anybody thinks, and Big Daddy holds the whole family and story together with his massive strength and faith in himself.

The relationship between Brick and Maggie is the most fascinating ever recorded on celluloid. We think it's all about sex, but if it were, they would have jumped each other long ago (My GOD, LOOK at them!! It's Newman and Taylor). This is a relationship full of confusion, betrayal, honesty, dishonesty, love, desire, and trust. The phenomenal symbolism of Brick's crutch is beautifully represented.

The play was wonderful, and the movie was wonderful, but it is important to remember that they are two separate entities. A mistake that I believe that many people make while watching adaptations, is that they are exactly that -- an ADAPTATION! They are not meant to be the same. They should be judged each on their own merit!!

On Cat's own merit, it is a magical film