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Suddenly, Last Summer

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Release Date: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Country of Release: USA
MSRP: $29.95

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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Featuring: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, Gary Raymond, Mavis Villiers

Joseph L. Mankiewicz directs this 1959 adaptation by Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams of Williams' provacative play, Suddenly, Last Summer. Elizabeth Taylor stars as a young woman who knows such terrible truths about the death of her cousin Sebastian that his mother (Katharine Hepburn) is determined to have her lobotomized; Montgomery Clift is the psychiatrist brought in to evaluate the lovely, profoundly disturbed patient. Both Taylor and Hepburn received Best Actress Oscar nominations; the film, denounced as obscene, was a hit at the box office.

Year: 1959
Time: 114 min.