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SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
U.S., 1959
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn
Based on the play by Tennesse Williams
Approx. 114 min. DCP.
Shrink Monty probes hysteric Elizabeth Taylor’s wounded psyche, with stubborn opposition from the “hero’s” mother, Katharine Hepburn. Gore Vidal adapted from Williams’ one act play. “In [Tennessee] Williams’s SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959), homosexuality is present, but still undeclared.” – Foster Hirsch
Reviews
“Madness, homosexuality, prostitution, incest, disease and cannibalism, enough imagery to sustain an American Lit seminar for months.”
– Time Out