Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | |
| Director(s) | Mike Nichols |
| Producer(s) | Ernest Lehman |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Alcohol, Based on Play, Marriage |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Overview:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) was a Drama - Film Adaptation Film directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Ernest Lehman.
SYNOPSIS
Here is a blistering dissection of the compromises, hidden and not-so-hidden animosities, and ultimate acceptance that make marriage merely a detente in the war between men and women. Nichols's debut as director couldn't have been more auspicious as he applied theatrical experience to Albee's scandalous Broadway success and managed the notoriously combative Burtons to their finest work on-screen. The bitter recriminations begin shortly after 2 a.m. and end at dawn as a tweedy, ineffectual professor and his braying wife (Burton and Taylor) welcome the preppy new prof and his wispy wife (Segal and Dennis) to their home for a nightcap. The following hours are a foul-mouthed, drunken brawl of lust and disappointments that ends with the knowledge that the characters need the emotional roughhousing simply to feel anything at all. An astonishing feat for the actors, the director, and for cinematographer Wexler, who makes his camera waltz and duck punches.
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.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2013.
Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Richard Burton | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | George Segal | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Elizabeth Taylor | Won |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sandy Dennis | Won |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Haskell Wexler | Won |
| Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Won |
| Best Director | Mike Nichols | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Sam O'Steen | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Alex North | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Ernest Lehman, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Ernest Lehman | Nominated |
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Quotes from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha: You make me puke.
George: That wasn't a very nice thing to say, Martha.
George: I'm very impressed.
Martha: You're damn right.
George: I said I was impressed. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
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Facts about Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
When the film was shown on network television for the first time, some local television affiliates bumped the broadcast from 9:00 P.M. to 11:30 P.M., because a film with such adult language had never been shown on network TV.
The original Broadway stage production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee opened at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962 starring Arthur Hill and Uta Hagen and ran for 664 performances.
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