Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Sat Jul 10, 2010 to
Sun Jul 18, 2010

21:00

Location

Constantia Open-air Cinema
15 Solonos Michaelides Street
Nicosia, Nicosia

Description

Summer movie marathon

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is the story of a Southern family in crisis, focusing on the turbulent relationship of a husband and wife, Brick and Maggie ("The Cat") Pollitt, and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening gathering at the family estate in Mississippi, ostensibly to celebrate the birthday of patriarch and tycoon "Big Daddy" Pollitt. Maggie, though witty and beautiful, has escaped a childhood of desperate poverty to marry into the wealthy Pollitt family, but finds herself suffering in an unfulfilling marriage.

Cast:
Elisabeth Taylor (Margaret 'Maggie the Cat' Pollitt)
Paul Newman (Brick Pollitt)
Burl Ives (Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt)
Judith Anderson (Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt)

Director: Richard Brooks
Writer: Richard Brooks, James Poe
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1958

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