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A Classic Hollywood Touch on tonight's Athens Open Air

What are the makings of a silver screen legend? Tennessee Williams, one of the most popular stage writers in US history, meets all-powerful Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel and Oscar-winning director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Gore Vidal is on screenwriting duty, while Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn step in front of the camera, commanding everyone's attention.

When: Tuesday July 22nd, at 21:00
Πού: National Archaeological Museum, Patision 44, Athens (see map below)
Free entrance

What are the makings of a silver screen legend? Tennessee Williams, one of the most popular stage writers in US history, meets all-powerful Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel and Oscar-winning director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Gore Vidal is on screenwriting duty, while Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn step in front of the camera, commanding everyone's attention.

"Suddenly Last Summer" was a meeting of giants that somehow managed to camouflage homosexuality, cannibalism and incest as a family drama!

In the film, Violet Venable mourns the death of her only son Sebastian, while attempting to bribe neurosurgeon Dr. Cukrowicz to give her niece, Catharine, a lobotomy.

Her ulterior motive is to keep the details of Sebastian's unfortunate death a secret, as Catharine was the only eye witness. Mysterious and deeply enigmatic, "Suddenly Last Summer" still maintains its seductive powers, tantalizing audiences with thinly veiled hints of abysmal human behavior. Ph. V.


 

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift
Year: 1959
Running time: 114'



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