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Actors: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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Based on Tennessee Williams' play, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF is a movie written and directed by Richard Brooks in 1958. This film earned six nominations for the 1959 Academy awards but won none.
Brick has become an alcoholic since the death of his best friend Skipper who committed suicide two years before. Brick blames his wife Maggie for it because she was in Skipper's hotel room a few minutes before the tragic accident. He hasn't touched her anymore from this moment on.
Now, Brick, Maggie and the family of Gooper, Brick's brother, are all gathered in the family house of the head of the family, Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt. Big Daddy has just undergone medical exams and comes back home. The family doctor reveals to Brick that his father is suffering from a terminal disease but isn't aware of it.
While Big Daddy is starting to suffer terrible pains, all the family's secrets and hates will break out during a stormy evening. At the end of it, Brick and Maggie will be able to start a new life again after Brick has finally accepted that maybe heis the one to blame for Skipper's suicide, Brick will also be able to be reconciled with his father before his impending death.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- play
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