Also Known As: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Company: Warner Bros. / Chenault Productions
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Budget: $7,500,000
Full Cast: Elizabeth Taylor / Richard Burton / George Segal / Sandy Dennis / Agnes Flanagan / Frank Flanagan
Cast and Character: Elizabeth Taylor as Martha / Richard Burton as George / George Segal as Nick / Sandy Dennis as Honey
Color: Black and White
Countries: USA
Creators: n/A
Description: A bitter aging couple with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
Directors: Mike Nichols
Genres: Drama
Languages: English / Latin / Spanish
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
MPAA: TV-MA
Opening Weekend: n/A
Plot: George and Martha are a middle aged married couple, whose charged relationship is defined by vitriolic verbal battles, which underlies what seems like an emotional dependence upon each other. This verbal abuse is fueled by an excessive consumption of alcohol. George being an associate History professor in a New Carthage university where Martha's father is the President adds an extra dimension to their relationship. Late one Saturday evening after a faculty mixer, Martha invites Nick and Honey, an ambitious young Biology professor new to the university and his mousy wife, over for a nightcap. As the evening progresses, Nick and Honey, plied with more alcohol, get caught up in George and Martha's games of needing to hurt each other and everyone around them. The ultimate abuse comes in the form of talk of George and Martha's unseen sixteen year old son, whose birthday is the following day.
Poster: posters/0061184.jpg
Rating: 8.1
Release Date: 22 June 1966 (USA)
Runtime: 131 min
Seasons: n/A
Sound Mix: Mono
Tagline: Drop in for Drinks and Brace yourself.
Title: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Trailer:
Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061184/
Votes: 35,881
Writers: Ernest Lehman
Year: 1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? got rated 8.1.
About the movie: George and Martha are a middle aged married couple, whose charged relationship is defined by vitriolic verbal battles, which underlies what seems like an emotional dependence upon each other. This verbal abuse is fueled by an excessive consumption of alcohol. George being an associate History professor in a New Carthage university where Martha's father is the President adds an extra dimension to their relationship. Late one Saturday evening after a faculty mixer, Martha invites Nick and Honey, an ambitious young Biology professor new to the university and his mousy wife, over for a nightcap. As the evening progresses, Nick and Honey, plied with more alcohol, get caught up in George and Martha's games of needing to hurt each other and everyone around them. The ultimate abuse comes in the form of talk of George and Martha's unseen sixteen year old son, whose birthday is the following day.
The Hustler got rated 8.1.
About the movie: "Fast" Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary "Minnesota Fats" to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon. Now broke and without his long-time manager, Felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game. It isn't until he hits rock bottom that he agrees to join up with ruthless and cutthroat manager Bert Gordon. Gordon agrees to take him on the road to learn the ropes. But Felson soon realizes that making it to the top could cost him his soul, and perhaps his girlfriend. Will he decide that this is too steep a price to pay in time to save himself?
La strada got rated 8.1.
About the movie: Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Zampano is a traveling showman who exhibits feats of strength by breaking a chain wrapped around his chest. He performs in village squares and then passes the hat for whatever the normally small crowd is prepared to give. He teaches Gelsomina a drum roll as part of his introduction. He doesn't treat her well and when she tries to run away, he beats her. They eventually join a small traveling circus where they meet Il Matto but a disagreement leads to tragedy. Zampano eventually abandons the girl and it's only many years later that he learns of her fate.
The Third Man got rated 8.4.
About the movie: An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.
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