Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? details
| Formats: | 12 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis |
| Director: | Mike Nichols |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
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Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 4 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 12 Oct 2009 |
| Main languages: | English |
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brilliant
By a customer from York , 16 Jan 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
One of Burton's best performances and he should really have got the nod at the Oscars. Elizabeth Taylor is also excellent. A very good film, but not a pleasant one.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(11)Left me with a hangover
By Drichansa (33 reviews) from London , 14 Oct 2012Burton and Taylor ripping bloody chunks off each other - it ought to be a must-see. Instead we get a pretentious play that struggles like crazy in a vain effort to pretend it belongs alongside the best of Miller, Williams or Pinter. Nothing much changes, it wears on relentlessly, and the big climactic scene is just so-what. It's all a bit one-note, and the best I can say is that the movie is an hour shorter than the stage version.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Quality - Original Carnage
By 5ft7offootballheaven (300 reviews) from London , 07 May 2012Through characters George and Martha, Burton and Taylor indulge in an evening of drinking, smoking and flirting with the new couple on campus. This turns rapidly into a tour de force expose of how couples can be so cruel to each other.
This is savage sometimes and all to familiar if you have witnessed some couples bickering. Really dark under current of death, both of George's parents and the mysterious son.
Should be essential watching pre wedding for any couple. This is what (may) happen.- Was this review helpful to you?
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I am afraid!
By bettybluedoubleblue (7 reviews) , 11 Feb 2012Loved every bit of it. The acting is compelling and uncannilly realistic. The cinematography perfectly captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of the story. Incredible script- raw and uncompromising. Ah!- Was this review helpful to you?
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blistering brutes in love
By a customer , 08 Feb 2012A raw, open-wound of a film, whip-smart dialogue, scalpel-precision performances. So yes, it cuts deeply but rewards abundantly. Taylor and Burton are simply towering. A brilliant, fulminating directorial début by a young Mike Nichols too. Hold fast to your seats.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Hard to Judge
By ash53 (53 reviews) from newbury , 17 Aug 2011Found this one hard to judge - on one hand there is the power of the Burton / Taylor combo - her pure fire and spite raining down on his cold granite persona. There is also the legend of the play and the production and all the bru-haha about 'the most shocking'.
Then there is the reality of Sandy Dennis playing drunk like she works in a bank and is doing amateur dramatics.....then there is George Segal being....well...George Segal only younger... then there is the ending....I understood the 'what', it was the 'why' that passed me by.
That said there may be more mesmeric Taylor performances on film but probably not more human ones. And Richard Burton had never said more by doing so little or been so malignant by being so nice. So for them alone its worth 4 stars and worth staying up for.- Was this review helpful to you?
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