SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
"SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER" (1960)
STARRING: Elizabeth Taylor, of Tennessee Williams' play, young socialite Catherine Holly is traumatized and committed after witnessing her cousin's violent death on a trip to Europe. Her aunt, Violet Venable, wants to hide the events of her son's death and attempts to bribe young surgeon Dr. John Cukrowicz to perform a lobotomy on Catherine. But John vows to find out the truth about Catherine's state before taking any action."
STARRING: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Mercedes McCambridge, David Cameron, Albert Dekker, Gary Raymond, Patricia Marmont and Sheila Robbins.
SCREENPLAY: Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams; Based on "Suddenly, Last Summer" - 1958 play by Tennessee Williams.
DIRECTOR: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for three (3) Academy Awards and won none.
It was nominated for eight ( 8 ) additional awards, by various entities, and won five (5) of them.
Variety called it "possibly the most bizarre film ever made by any major American company."
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