Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn, Mercedes McCambridge, Gary Raymond, Albert Dekker, Maria Britneva, Joan Young

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Summary: Catherine Holly is committed to a Mental institution after witnessing her cousin's death. Her aunt Violet tries to influence the neurosurgeon to keep Catherine drugged. But what is her real motive?... Adapted from the Tennessee Williams play.

Gore Vidal's stark, powerful screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play explores the trauma of Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor), whose homosexual cousin dies an unspeakable and gradually revealed death while traveling with her in Europe. Katharine Hepburn as the murdered man's mother can't bear to hear the details of her son's death, preferring instead to have a lobotomy performed on her niece, insisting that the girl is mad. But a doctor (Montgomery Clift) is determined to explore the reasons behind the girl's inexplicable actions and words, eventually uncovering the secrets the mother wants to hide. Williams's play explicitly stated why the murdered man's death so traumatized his cousin, but this adaptation written by Vidal and filled with wild, moody tension by director Joseph L. Mankiewicz allows viewers to read between the lines and gather their own suspicions about Sebastian Venable's death. Taylor radiates uncertainty and fear as the girl terrorized by her cousin's death and her fierce aunt's obsession to keep her quiet, while Hepburn sways with menace in one of her few, deliciously played roles as a villainess. Both actresses were nominated for Best Actress Oscars for their performances.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Filmographies, Photo Gallery, Photo Montage
Subtitles:	Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Year:	1959
Release Date:	November 11, 2002
Runtime:	110 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 10395
Keywords:	Last, Summer, Williams, General, Wide, Screen, Tennessee, Suddenly, Drama
Genre:	Drama