Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Directed by

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 315 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s New Orleans, a wealthy woman pressures a doctor to perform a lobotomy on her niece. The niece had witnessed the violent death of her cousin abroad and now tells a disturbing story that the aunt wants silenced.

southern gothicpsychologicaltensemelodramaticclaustrophobicslow-burnunsettlingmysterious

What happens

Suddenly, Last Summer is a 1959 Southern Gothic psychological drama mystery film based on the 1958 play by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift, with Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, and Gary Raymond. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Sam Spiegel from a screenplay by Gore Vidal and Williams with cinematography by Jack Hildyard and production design by Oliver Messel. The musical score was composed by Buxton Orr, using themes by Malcolm Arnold. The plot centers on Catherine Holly, a young woman who, at the insistence of her wealthy aunt, is being evaluated by a psychiatric doctor to receive a lobotomy after witnessing the death of her cousin Sebastian Venable while traveling with him in the fictional island of Cabeza de Lobo the previous summer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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