Product Information
Searing drama about a college professor and his wife, whose evening guests become embroiled in their vicious emotional games. Based on a novel by Edward Albee.Product Identifiers
ProducerErnest Lehman
EAN5051892009621
eBay Product ID (ePID)74188489
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
ActorGeorge Segal, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis
DirectorMike Nichols
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2009
FeaturesBlack & White, Widescreen
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Run Time124 Mins
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Additional InformationIn the searing drama WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, a college professor and his wife play vicious emotional games with their unsuspecting evening guests. George (Richard Burton) is an alcoholic college professor; Martha (Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor) is his virago of a wife. George and Martha know just how to push each other's buttons, with George having a special advantage: he need only mention the couple's son to send Martha into orbit. This evening, the couple's guests are Nick (George Segal), a junior professor, and Honey (Sandy Dennis), Nick's child-like wife. After an evening of sadistic (and sometimes perversely hilarious) 'fun and games', the truth about George and Martha's son comes to light. <BR>In 1966, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? went farther than any previous big-studio film in its use of profanity and sexual implication (it was the first American film to feature the expletive 'goddamn'). Thanks to the box-office clout of stars Taylor and Burton, not to mention the titillation factor of hearing all those naughty words on the big screen, the film was a hit, and it won 5 Oscars, including awards for Taylor and Dennis, though it lost Best Picture to A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. First-time director Mike Nichols lost the Oscar, but this movie gave him a perfect transition from his stage work and established him as a hot young Hollywood director, leading to his acclaimed (and Oscar-winning) work on his next movie, THE GRADUATE.
Movie/TV TitleWho's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Sound sourceDolby Digital
AwardsBest Actress In A Leading Role 1966 - Elizabeth Taylor, Best Actress In A Supporting Role 1966 - Sandy Dennis
ScreenwriterErnest Lehman