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Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

(2-DVD)

Starring: Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor Director: Mike Nichols
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Format: DVD

Genre: Drama

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.5
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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
2-Disc Set - Double Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Mike Nichols - Director
                                 2. Steven Soderbergh - Director
                                 3. Haskell Wexler - Cinematographer
  • Featurettes - 1. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Daring Work of Raw Excellence"
                        2. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Too Shocking for its Time"
                        3. "Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait"
  • Trailers - Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton Movie Trailer Gallery

Major Awards:

    Academy Awards - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w or Color) (1966)
    Academy Awards - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w) (1966)
    Academy Awards - Best Costume Design (b&w) (1966)
    Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actress (1966)
    Academy Awards - Best Actress (1966)
    Academy Awards - Best Cinematography (1966)

Entertainment Reviews:

USA Today - 10/03/1997

"...[A] still-blistering movie of Edward Albee's play..."

Product Description:

Turning the underbelly of bourgeois academia into a microcosm of human relationships in all their arduous complexities, Mike Nichols' auspicious debut feature is a harrowing descent into the private lives and painful secrets of two couples thrown together for an evening. Based on the controversial play by Edward Albee, this noir-ish 1966 drama stars former real-life couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, in what many critics consider to be their best performances. George (Burton) is a senior professor of history who has turned to alcohol to deal with his vituperative, vicious wife Martha (Taylor), whose appetite for administering abuse knows no bounds. Invited to the couple's home for late-night drinks are new professor Nick (George Segal), and his naïve wife Honey (Sandy Dennis), where over the course of the evening, the polished veneer of the hosts tarnishes grotesquely. The witty repartee of consummate sophisticate Martha degenerates into increasingly violent verbal abuse of both her husband and guests, while George's stoic façade crumbles both physically and emotionally. The horrified Nick and Honey initially come off as happier foils to the misery of the older married couple, but the guests are soon mirroring George and Martha in their mutual antagonism, giving voice to buried resentments and alcohol-fueled revelations of repressed injuries.

A director with a reputation for delivering intelligent, "adult" films, Nichols made a remarkably smooth and successful transition from stage to screen with this adaptation of Albee's already-notorious play. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman kept the text of the play virtually intact, maintaining the intensity and sheer violence of the frankly foul language. The film shocked audiences, presenting them with a tortuous foray into a love-hate relationship and, ultimately, mental illness. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? received Academy Award nominations in virtually every category it was eligible for, winning five of them.

Plot Keywords:

Adaptation | Character Study | Classic | Drama | Essential Cinema | Psychodrama | Recommended | Stage Play | Substance Abuse | Suspense | Theatrical Release

Exerpts:

"I swear to God, George, if you even existed, I'd divorce you." -- Martha (Elizabeth Taylor) to George (Richard Burton)

"You make me puke." -- Martha to George
"That wasn't a very nice thing to say, Martha." -- George

Cast and Crew:

Starring Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor
Directed by Mike Nichols
Cinematography by Haskell Wexler
Edited by Sam O'Steen
Screenwriting by Ernest Lehman
Composition by Alex North
Costume Designer by Irene Sharaff
Production Design by Richard Sylbert
Performer George Segal, Sandy Dennis & Nichelle Nichols
Set Design by George James Hopkins
Source Writer Edward Albee

DVD Details:

  • Label: Warner Home Video
  • Originally Released in: 1966
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: December 5, 2006
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 27,377
  • Item UPC: 012569821095
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 2 item(s) for International Shipping.

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