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Suddenly, last summer
- Title
- Suddenly, last summer / Columbia ; Sam Spiegel presents ; screenplay by Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams ; a Horizon Pictures (G.B.) Limited production in association with Academy Pictures and Camp Films ; produced by Sam Speigel ; directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
- Publication
- Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006]
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- Additional Authors
- Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
- Spiegel, Sam
- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
- Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011
- Clift, Montgomery
- Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
- Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968
- McCambridge, Mercedes
- Raymond, Gary, 1935-
- Villiers, Mavis, 1911-1976
- Young, Joan, 1903-1984
- Orr, Buxton
- Arnold, Malcolm
- Hildyard, Jack
- Stanford, Thomas (Thomas G.)
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
- Horizon Pictures (G.B.), production company
- Academy Pictures, production company
- Camp Films, production company
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm), publisher
- Description
- 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, black & white; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- "Beautiful Catherine Holly is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Her rich aunt tries to influence a young neurosurgeon to surgically end Catherine's haunting hallucinations. By utilizing injections of truth serum, the neurosurgeon discovers that Catherine's delusions are in fact true and must confront the rich aunt about her own involvement in her son's violent death."--Container.
- Uniform Title
- Suddenly, last summer (Motion picture)
- Suddenly, last summer (Motion picture). Spanish
- Suddenly, last summer (Motion picture). Portuguese
- Subjects
- Cannibalism
- Murder victims' families
- Feature films
- Narcoanalysis
- Cannibalism > Drama
- Murder victims' families > Drama
- Mujeres > Higiene mental > Teatro
- Louisiana > New Orleans
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 > Film adaptations
- Film adaptations
- Feature films > Great Britain
- Drama
- Narcoanalysis > Drama
- Women > Mental health > Drama
- Madre e hijo > Teatro
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- Feature films > United States
- Mother-son relationship > Drama
- Mothers and sons > Drama
- New Orleans (La.) > Drama
- Post-traumatic stress disorder > Drama
- Genre/Form
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films – United States.
- Feature films – Great Britain.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Note
- Special features include: Production notes ; video photo montage ; vintage advertising ; talent files not rated or closed captioned.
- Originally released as a motion picture in Dec. 1959 ; ©1960, held by Horizon Pictures (G.B.).
- Adapted from the play "Suddenly last summer" by Tennessee Williams.
- Credits (note)
- Production designer, Oliver Messel ; music composed by Buxton Orr & Malcolm Arnold, conducted by Buxton Orr ; director of photography, Jack Hildyard ; editor, Thomas G. Stanford.
- Performer (note)
- Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, Gary Raymond, Mavis Villiers, Joan Young, Patricia Marmont, Maria Britneva, David Cameron.
- Audience (note)
- MPAA: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG
- System Details (note)
- DVD, NTSC, widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.40:1); Dolby digital monaural.
- Language (note)
- English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed Portuguese dialogue with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- Call Number
- NCOX 2243
- ISBN
- 0767847490
- LCCN
- 043396047525
- OCLC
- 155850460
- Title
- Suddenly, last summer / Columbia ; Sam Spiegel presents ; screenplay by Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams ; a Horizon Pictures (G.B.) Limited production in association with Academy Pictures and Camp Films ; produced by Sam Speigel ; directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
- Publisher
- Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States Great Britain naf
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Physical Medium
- 4 3/4 in. stamping rda
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD video region 1
- System Details
- DVD, NTSC, widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.40:1); Dolby digital monaural.
- Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, Gary Raymond, Mavis Villiers, Joan Young, Patricia Marmont, Maria Britneva, David Cameron.
- Credits
- Production designer, Oliver Messel ; music composed by Buxton Orr & Malcolm Arnold, conducted by Buxton Orr ; director of photography, Jack Hildyard ; editor, Thomas G. Stanford.
- Audience
- MPAA: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG
- Language
- English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed Portuguese dialogue with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Mankiewicz, Joseph L., film director.Spiegel, Sam, film producer.Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012, screenwriter.Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011, actor.Clift, Montgomery, actor.Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, actor.Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968, actor.McCambridge, Mercedes, actor.Raymond, Gary, 1935- actor.Villiers, Mavis, 1911-1976, actor.Young, Joan, 1903-1984, actor.Orr, Buxton, composer.Arnold, Malcolm, composer.Hildyard, Jack, director of photography.Stanford, Thomas (Thomas G.), editor of moving image work.Motion picture adaptation of (work): Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Suddenly last summer.Horizon Pictures (G.B.), production company.Academy Pictures, production company.Camp Films, production companyColumbia TriStar Home Video (Firm), publisher.
- Added Title
- Container of (work): Suddenly, last summer (Motion picture)Container of (expression): Suddenly, last summer (Motion picture). SpanishContainer of (expression): Suddenly, last summer (Motion picture). Portuguese
- Other Standard Identifier
- 043396047525
- Publisher No.
- 04752 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 2243