New Orleans, 1937. Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is a young woman institutionalized at a State Asylum for a severe emotional disturbance that came about when her cousin , Sebastian Venable (Julián Ugarte) , died under questionable circumstances while they were on holiday in Spain a few months earlier . The late Sebastian's wealthy mother, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), makes every effort to deny and suppress a potentially sordid truth about her son and his demise. As a result Catharine is a neurotic girl , supposedly suffering from a mental breakdown , being prodded into craziness by the record of her cousin's rare death , a memory that her disturbing aunt Violet wants to remain vague if not submerged . As Violet prevails upon a doctor (Montgomery Clift) to make sure it does . As Violet wants a bizarre operation performed in order to prevent Catherine from defiling the memory of her adoring son, the poet Sebastian . They're All Talking Aobut! . Suddenly, last summer, Cathy knew she was being used for something evil! .These are powers and passions without precedent in motion picture. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS shocks you again as he transports you to a STRANGE, NEW BOLD WORLD!
Another one of those unpleasant but interesting and thrilling forays based on the notorious novels and plays by the great writer Tennesse Williams and writings by Gore Vidal . Softened for the censors , though the themes of insanity , cannibalism , homosexuality , lobotomy and killing , characterizations of evil , and unusual settings presage many films of the next two decades . Lots of talk in this one leading up to lots more .The storyline relies heavily on the continued relationship among three main characters : Montgomery Clift , Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor . The cast is frankly fabulous, giving all of them awesome interpretations , such as : Montgomery Clift as a brain surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman , as he's summoned to the mansion of of a rich New Orleans lady . Clift never totally recovered from his automobile accident two years earlier and he does not come across the strength of purpose really necessary in this role ; still, he's pretty good and fine viewing him. While Elizabeth Taylor is really sensational as the strange girl whose aunt wants her to lobotomize. Katharine Hepburn is top-drawer as the unsettling , rich New Orleans matron who wishes to perform a lobotomy on her niece , that's why she wants to cover up a family secret. The secondary cast is equally magnificent , such as : Albert Dekker , Mercedes McCambridge, Mavis Villiers and Gary Raymond .
The motion picture was compellingly directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. This great filmmaker Mankiewicz was a prestigious writer, producer and director who made notorious movies, such as : "Dragonwyck" , "Somewhere in the night" , "The ghost and Mrs Muir" , "A letter to 3 wives" , "House of strangers" , "All about Eva" , "No way out", "People will talk" , "5 fingers, Julius Caesar, Guys and dolls, The quiet American", "Suddenly last summer", "Cleopatra", "The honey pot", "There was a crooked man", and "Sleuth". His more highly esteemed films were "All about Eva" and "A letter for three wives" that won some Oscars, while the lavishly made "Cleopatra" was a real flop. Rating : 7/10 . The yarn will appeal to Elizabeth Taylor , Montgomery Cklif and Katharine Hepburn fans .
Another one of those unpleasant but interesting and thrilling forays based on the notorious novels and plays by the great writer Tennesse Williams and writings by Gore Vidal . Softened for the censors , though the themes of insanity , cannibalism , homosexuality , lobotomy and killing , characterizations of evil , and unusual settings presage many films of the next two decades . Lots of talk in this one leading up to lots more .The storyline relies heavily on the continued relationship among three main characters : Montgomery Clift , Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor . The cast is frankly fabulous, giving all of them awesome interpretations , such as : Montgomery Clift as a brain surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman , as he's summoned to the mansion of of a rich New Orleans lady . Clift never totally recovered from his automobile accident two years earlier and he does not come across the strength of purpose really necessary in this role ; still, he's pretty good and fine viewing him. While Elizabeth Taylor is really sensational as the strange girl whose aunt wants her to lobotomize. Katharine Hepburn is top-drawer as the unsettling , rich New Orleans matron who wishes to perform a lobotomy on her niece , that's why she wants to cover up a family secret. The secondary cast is equally magnificent , such as : Albert Dekker , Mercedes McCambridge, Mavis Villiers and Gary Raymond .
The motion picture was compellingly directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. This great filmmaker Mankiewicz was a prestigious writer, producer and director who made notorious movies, such as : "Dragonwyck" , "Somewhere in the night" , "The ghost and Mrs Muir" , "A letter to 3 wives" , "House of strangers" , "All about Eva" , "No way out", "People will talk" , "5 fingers, Julius Caesar, Guys and dolls, The quiet American", "Suddenly last summer", "Cleopatra", "The honey pot", "There was a crooked man", and "Sleuth". His more highly esteemed films were "All about Eva" and "A letter for three wives" that won some Oscars, while the lavishly made "Cleopatra" was a real flop. Rating : 7/10 . The yarn will appeal to Elizabeth Taylor , Montgomery Cklif and Katharine Hepburn fans .