Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

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:

Brilliant

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:

The play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1955.

Goofs:

Erreurs factuelles: Although it is filled once in the afternoon, the ice bucket in Brick's bedroom stays full well into the evening even though it's never replenished.

Guillemet:

Brick Pollitt: A family crisis brings out the best and the worst in every member of the family.
Gooper Pollitt: That's the truth.
Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: Amen.
Mae Pollitt: You want to talk about the truth? You're not pregnant!
Gooper Pollitt: Keep still, Mae.
Mae Pollitt: She's making it up!
Gooper Pollitt: I said shut up.
Mae Pollitt: Don't you try to kid us, Maggie!
Brick Pollitt: Mae, she's not kidding you.
Mae Pollitt: How can she be pregnant by you when you won't even...
[...]

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Blodigt jävla helvete (2008)

Bande son:

Love Theme from Cat On a Hot Tin Roof

Brilliant

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is quite brilliant. Even though it's an adaptation of a play it's never boring. Of course, it's impossible to make a film based on a play that isn't 'talky,' but Brooks has managed to make a film that is fascinating and interesting despite the theatrical feel. It helps that the cast is uniformly sensational! Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, and -- especially -- Paul Newman. This film is not quite as good as another adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Elia Kazan, but it comes pretty close. (9/10)