Showing posts with label Tennessee Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tennessee Williams. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Cat on a hot tin roof (1958) - classic drama based on Tennessee Williams play, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Jack Carson and Burl Ives

Rating 8.1/10
Runtime: 108 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Richard Brooks
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051459/

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor ... Maggie Pollitt
Paul Newman ... Brick Pollitt
Burl Ives ... Big Daddy Pollitt
Jack Carson ... Gooper Pollitt
Judith Anderson ... Big Momma Pollitt
Madeleine Sherwood ... Mae Pollitt
Larry Gates ... Dr. Baugh
Vaughn Taylor ... Deacon Davis

Description: The family of "Big Daddy" Pollitt convenes at his and Big Momma's vast 28,000 acre East Mississippi plantation for his sixty-fifth birthday, although it may as well be for his funeral on the belief that he is dying. Despite his latest medical report being clean, in reality he truly does have terminal colon cancer, something the doctor only tells Big Daddy's two sons, Gooper Pollitt, a lawyer, and Brick Pollitt, who recently left his job as a sportscaster. Brooding Brick and his wife Maggie Pollitt, who have driven up from New Orleans for the occasion, are going through a long rough patch in their marriage. Brick wanted to split, but Maggie convinced him to stay married on the condition that she not pressure him for sex. In their troubles, Brick has turned to the bottle, leading to a drunken incident which has left Brick currently on crutches. Maggie believes Gooper and his wife Mae Pollitt are trying to orchestrate Brick out of Big Daddy's will. Brick and Maggie's saving grace is Big Daddy has greater affinity for them than Gooper and Mae. Maggie is beautiful and Brick was a star athlete, specifically in football and track. As Gooper and Mae have a sixth child on the way, Maggie also believes they could combat anything Gooper and Mae could do by having a child of their own. In his current state, Brick has contempt for everyone and everything around him, which includes Big Daddy's money. All Brick and Maggie's problems seem to center on their respective relationships with Brick's high school friend and football partner, Skipper, and events in their lives just prior to Skipper's death. What happens not only with Brick and Maggie but the entire Pollitt family may depend on if Brick can reconcile himself with his life, much of which is currently in Big Daddy's house, including Maggie.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KuR2hVNuuNDjGctjebYSruKW9A3kJKvx

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=78822666453990281838


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.80 GB, 5029 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x576 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 148/50 MB (main/commentary), 192/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/VORBIS, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, German (including hearing impaired), Czech, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Korean closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Dutch, German (including hearing impaired), Polish, Turkish, Hungarian, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Romanian) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by biographer Donald Spoto, author of "The kindness of strangers: The life of Tennessee Williams". You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Baby doll (1956) - classic drama based on Tennessee Williams play, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Karl Malden, Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 115 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Elia Kazan
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048973/

Cast

Karl Malden ... Archie Lee Meighan
Carroll Baker ... Baby Doll Meighan
Eli Wallach ... Silva Vacarro
Mildred Dunnock ... Aunt Rose Comfort
Lonny Chapman ... Rock
Eades Hogue ... Town Marshal
Noah Williamson ... Deputy

Description: Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle aged Archie Lee Meighan and nineteen year old "Baby Doll" Meighan née McCargo have been married for close to two years. Their marriage is not based on love, but each getting what they want from the other. Their marriage agreement has them consummating their marriage on her twentieth birthday, which is in three days, the act to which Baby Doll is not really looking forward. But she does taunt him and other men with her overt "baby doll" sexuality, the baby doll aspect which she fosters by sleeping in their house's nursery in a crib. Baby Doll's now deceased father allowed the marriage on the stipulation that Archie Lee provide Baby Doll financial security as displayed by the most resplendent house in the south. They currently live in a dilapidated mansion with her Aunt Rose Comfort, and although Archie Lee is making some renovations on it, he no longer has the financial means to make it what Baby Doll wants as his cotton ginning competitor, the recently arrived Sicilian Silva Vacarro who runs the cotton plantation syndicate, has effectively put him and many others in the area out of business. The Meighan's fortunes may change after Vacarro's cotton gin burns down in a case of arson. Vacarro is certain Archie Lee is the arsonist. After meeting the Meighans and learning more about their marriage, Vacarro believes the way to get what he wants is through Baby Doll. This action begins the three way battle of wills between Vacarro, Archie Lee and Baby Doll.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/pc6lx6l2


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.10 GB, 3878 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x552 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 90 MB, 110 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles English (including hearing impaired) closed captions embedded, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Serbian, Polish) posters and screenshots included

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Suddenly, last summer (1959) - classic Tennessee Williams stage play adaptation directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Albert Dekker

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 114 min
Language: English
Country: USA/United Kingdom
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053318/

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor ... Catherine Holly
Katharine Hepburn ... Mrs. Venable
Montgomery Clift ... Dr. Cukrowicz
Albert Dekker ... Dr. Hockstader
Mercedes McCambridge ... Mrs. Holly
Gary Raymond ... George Holly

Description: In sweltering 1937 New Orleans, Louisiana, after witnessing first-hand the primitive surgical conditions of his financially hard-pressed state institution, brilliant young neurosurgeon Dr Cukrowicz receives an unexpected invitation. As grieving Mrs Violet Venable, an aging wealthy widow who is one of the city's wealthiest benefactors, promises to contribute a hefty amount of money to the institution, Dr Cukrowicz finds himself confronted with a grave, pressing dilemma: perform a lobotomy on her committed niece Catherine Holly, or lose a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save the state hospital. Indeed, ever since the tragic death of Violet's son Sebastian, troubled Catherine has been losing her grip on reality, stigmatized forever after that horrible, fateful vacation at a sun-drenched Spanish village. However, is poor Catherine eligible for the delicate procedure? Either way, no one can change the truth, not even God. What happened, suddenly, last summer?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/bimjq69f


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.98 GB, 2481 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 854x460 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 96/97 MB (main/isolated score), 118/119 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English (including hearing impaired) closed captions embedded, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, German, Polish, Polish, Czech) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is isolated score. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)