Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

  • Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Writer: Tennessee Williams,Gore Vidal
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 1960
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Plötzlich im letzten Sommer
  • "Suddenly, Last Summer" is an American movie released in 1959, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Catherine Hepburn, starring Elizabeth Taylor.
    "Suddenly, Last Summer" tells the story of the neurologist Dr. Kukovich preparing for an epoch-making brain resection in a simple hospital, but he is disturbed by the rough equipment in the hospital. The noblewoman Venapo from New Orleans intends to sponsor the hospital where Kukovic works, but Kukovic must perform a brain resection on her niece Catherine to treat her symptoms of mental breakdown. What amazing words would the tortured Catherine reveal? Why are Madame Venabo and Catherine knotted?

    Details

    • Release date January 1960
    • Filming locations Begur, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures (II), Academy Pictures Corporation

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $9,749

    Movie reviews

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    • By Devonte 2022-10-03 23:38:02

      Dance on the tip of the knife

      In 1930, the "Hays Code" was implemented. In order to ensure the "pure" of the film, the content related to crime and sex was strictly restricted, and the creative space of filmmakers was severely squeezed. The code was officially cancelled until 1966. "Summer Fantasy" was created in 1959, just in time for the validity period of the Hayes Code. In those days, "incest", "homosexuality", "pedophile" and "promiscuity" are topics that are now extremely sensitive and are stuffed into the same...

    • By Daija 2022-10-03 20:16:50

      Talk about this thriller

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      ...

      This cycle started with Catherine Hepburn. Producer Sam Spiegel prepares to package Tennessee Williams' drama "Summer Cry" to Columbia, with Elizabeth Taylor starring. At the same time, he also called for Hepburn. The play was completed by Williams in 1957 and became a sensation. He used the role of drug addiction to reflect his own fear and guilt. His greatest fear comes from death due to drug overdose and homosexual promiscuity. His most unforgiving sin was...

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    • By Clarabelle 2023-09-25 21:02:19

      The Chinese name of the film is "Suddenly a...

    • By Jeramy 2023-08-26 18:18:42

      They all say that expressing same-sex feelings implicitly, I think I already understand it, but the plot is tight and intense, and the final climax is a sigh of relief. Monty may be the stiff facial expression after the car accident. The performance is not good, but I prefer to believe that he is deliberately suppressing his heart. Real Emotion Sebastian is not the real...

    • By Marcelino 2023-08-20 19:50:10

      If this script were to be filmed now, it would have a more modern expression. For example, everything that happened in "Last Summer" could be presented directly through the camera lens, instead of using the characters' large lines to express. But in any case, Tennessee Williams' digging into the psychology of characters is...

    • By Mariela 2023-08-15 02:56:22

      Yet Another Field Crash - 08/03/14 at...

    • By Lamont 2023-07-30 16:40:33

      Such a story deserves to be made into a nearly two-hour...

    Movie quotes

    • Dr. Cukrowicz: Insane is such a meaningless term.

      Catherine Holly: But lobotomy has a precising meaning to it, doesn't it?

    • Mrs. Venable: Sebastian saw the face of God.

    • Dr. Cukrowicz: Nature is not made in the image of man's compassion.