Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955, and was made into a well-known 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, and Madeleine Sherwood.

Film version

A 1958 film based on the play stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson and Madeleine Sherwood. The movie was adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe, and directed by Brooks.

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1958 - Elizabeth Taylor - Paul Newman - Burl Ives - Jack Carson - Judith Anderson - Madeleine Sherwood - Richard Brooks - James Poe

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It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, (Paul Newman), Best Actress in a Leading Role, (Elizabeth Taylor), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

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Academy Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Best Cinematography, Color - Best Director - Best Picture - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

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Tennessee Williams detested this bowdlerized adaptation and advised people not to see it. Bowing to the tenor of the times, the suggestion of Brick's homosexuality and the circumstances of Skipper's suicide were changed.

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Bowdlerized - Homosexuality

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