I know. I remember watching this movie for the first time when I bought a copy of it and I had to pause it a few times because I couldn't take how freaking beautiful these two were.
Gosh can they get any more Beautiful!! Sheesh! Paul and his piercing blue eyes and Elizabeth just a gorgeous with her violet gem eyes! Love this movie! Saw it on AMC years ago!
Liz is both stunning and spectacular in this movie. Just a complete and total joy to watch. Her voice so cool and confident, yet overflowing with emotion and longing. This scene is one of the greatest. Full of tension, waiting to be released. Steam building. Movie art at its finest. Thank you, Liz!
I think we are losing something with each generation. Some firmness, strength or thickness. I do not know how to say it properly. But a guy like Paul Newman has something about him that for example Ryan Gosling or DiCaprio do not have. He is not as polished, or physically weak or something. And Elizabeth Taylor is just gorgeous. Like really, your jaw drops when you look at her. Charlize Theron and Angelina Jolie are great for our generation in their own right, but they too seem to be missing something Taylor has. And Taylor and Newman looked like this in an age when plastic surgery was not as common as it is today. We are getting weaker and weaker, because our lives are becoming more and more comfortable or something like that.
I somewhat agree with you, but its also all about perception. its easy to look at classic film through rose colored glasses. I personally think this generation's actors have an astounding eye for work involving idiosyncratic mannerisms, and facial work. That being said people like Newman, Brando, Peck, and Redford have a kind of raw charisma and presences that can't and hasn't been replicated to this day. I really think the difference lies in the evolution of the art form. older movies, this movie in particular, tend to be replicating a more theatrical style.
This is my all time favourite movie...by two of my favourite actors...RIP Elizabeth Taylor who passed away today...true movie legend none of todays actors or actresses have this kind of screen presence or chemistry or acting abilitiy!
You rarely have this in films. When Elizabeth is speaking your eyes stays on her, when Paul speaks your eyes goes towards him. These two great actors went head to head in this film and neither outshined the other. Paul was always critically acclaimed as an actor but Elizabeth was always having to prove herself due to her scandalous private life and her beauty. She deserved more credit as an actor.
Interesting about the evolution of movies. In that time, movies were much more about story and character development with long scenes of people talking. Much closer to the age of live theater where props were just that - something in the background to prop up or support the main action. Now props have morphed into CG which has taken over dialogue and plot. Well, welcome to the 21st century. I think we have gained in slam dunk value but lost something in the translation.
Movies were about props all the time. Studios always wanted to deliver huge spectacles to viewers, no matter the time period. Ben Hur, King Kong, Cleopatra, Towering Inferno, etc. It is just that in 1958, they had less tools at their disposal so they were forced to be more creative. And one movie like Cat on a hot tin roof is not representative of the entire era. There are a lot of great movies coming out today that are about story and character, you just have to look. The volume of movies coming out is bigger of course and the amount of crap is therefore bigger as well, but lets not idealize the past too much. It was always about money and big attractions for the public.
I guess you're right, but I do feel like I used to enjoy movies much more years ago. Now I feel lucky if I can find one or two a year that are worth watching. Maybe we were more unsophisticated and innocent back then, and easily impressed, or maybe I'm just getting old and not moving on with the times.
jerramy Yup. Its getting older. Thats all. When younger, you were more easily impressed. Older, you have seen a lot of movies and a lot of crap. I recently watched the new Ninja Turtles. I thought it was crap and that the old movies were better. Then I watched one of the old movies here and thought: "Damn, this is even worse than the new one." Nostalgia clouds rational thinking. If you wanna see a good new movie though, I suggest Nice guys with Gosling and Crowe. A good film.
Lana Parrilla who plays the Evil Queen on Once Upon A Time said she'd love to play Maggie on Stage; ugh I wish she had the opportunity she is such an amazing actress!
Paul Newman was so good in this. I really think its one of his very best. Newman is interesting even when he is not speaking. And Williams wrote such good dialogue. Williams always said this was his favorite play.
I want to go through the rest of my life with a piano playing in the background. Well, actually I would like a quartet. The victory of a cat on a hot tin roof is just staying on. Long as she can. Meow.
Doesn't Get Better than those 2 playing those parts, maybe , in the Street Car Named Desire, both films , Just Phenomenal , all the Leads Beyond Captivating .
Everyone always says that Elizabeth Taylor was the most beautiful woman of all time. I had only seen her in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" -- and I thought they were nuts! I watched this and immediately changed my mind! She's gorgeous. So jealous.
+Vette gaddia I've read that hert striking double eyelashes was a symptom of a serious heart defect. I think I'd rather be average and healthy than beautiful and sickly to be honest.
+Addy C: She lived to be nearly 79 though, not bad. I know she was in poor health for the last few years, but her star shone so brightly, it dazzled. She did have a great life when young.
Brick: Win what? What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? Maggie the Cat :Just stayin on it I guess, as long as she can . Tennessee Williams was a remarkable writer!!
At one point the full movie was here. I usually catch it somewhere on a Cable or Network channel. I'm going to buy the DVD, I must. I can watch it over and over, the performances are so great. With Ms. Taylor passing, she is the last of the original cast. If anyone can find the book, it's really worth the read. Surprisingly there is more to Big Daddy than meets the .eye and how he came about that Plantation. Tennessee Williams was genius, I loved his hot smoky plays...
That's such a great movie, one of the bests in the story of cinema. Everybody should see this film and appreciate it, because it's a masterpiece. This is ART. This is CINEMA. This is DRAMA. This is sooo good !
+varigdc10 The best movie Elizabeth ever made was "Cat on a Hot tin roof", the movie here. They gave Elizabeth the oscar for "Butterfield 8" to make up for the one she should have gotten for "Cat on a hot tin roof".
Vette gaddia I always liked B8 better, but, Cat was also a great flick, so how about saying both efforts were just "great", how about " Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf" ?
varigdc10 You know, I know many ppl love Virginia Wolf. And she deserved the Oscar for the role. But it's not a movie that I can watch many, many times like "Cat on a Hot tin roof". Take a look at Elizabeth's eyes in Cat! That movie capture Elizabeth's and Paul's gorgeous eyes better than any of their movies.
the MOST BEAUTIFUL ICONIC LEGEND WHO MEANT SOOOO VERY MUCH TO US ALL BELONGS TO HEAVEN HEY HONEY MIKE TOOD & RICHARD HAVE HAD ENOUGH WAITING WE MUST NOT BE SELFISH RIP BLESSINGS & PRAYERS TO HER FAMILY
It's not that he doesn't love her - he does. It's that she doesn't physically turn him on. He likes guys - "hard" instead of "soft". (Read the book.) He made the same mistake so many gay guys do - going along to "get along" instead of being themselves. In a way, society made BOTH these people victims .... from prejudice. Walk your own path. It won't be easier.... just more rewarding in the end.
@@flower_girl4983 As he said, it’s in the book. The author (Tennessee Williams) hated the movie because the film producers cut out the all references to homosexuality .
"I must admit the character "Lou Ann" in my new book "The Howling In The Rockies" was inspired by Elizabeth Taylor as "Maggie" from Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". She was just my kind of "Hot"! Jesse Hickok, Author
Scarlett Johansson is going to play Maggie in a Broadway revival this Winter. Poor Scartlett. This is Tennessee Williams, not a comic book. And Scarlett is not Liz Taylor.
The film was originally supposed to be black and white, but they decided to change it to color because of Paul Newman's and Liz Taylor's stunningly gorgeous eyes.
because if he were uglier then she could be less in love with him. he looks the same if not better as he did when he was younger and she can't stand it because it won't allow her to hate him or take a lover. she's still tied to him through her love and sexual attraction which makes his rejections that much more painful
This was the year (50's), Elizabeth Taylor was very popular and well known as the most beautiful woman in the world. Men and women adored her in her prime....
In case you didn't know, Newman had an "affair" with James Dean (and others.) What a hunk. There are plenty of very hot guys out there with talent but this one got ....HOLLYWIERD backing.
Just goes to show you what a great actor Paul Newman was, he did that scene without once drooling at Liz in that gorgeous outfit. I know I'd need a mop to clean up the drool if it was me. Rest in Peace Liz and Paul.
Wow! I'm a freshman in HS and I wanted to do this scene for theater class...but it's not even in the play! I think it's amazing how they exude so much emotion in this scene....guess I'm going to have to pick another monologue maybe from Who afraid of Virigna Woolf, another classic!
I know. I remember watching this movie for the first time when I bought a copy of it and I had to pause it a few times because I couldn't take how freaking beautiful these two were.
Wow
Gosh can they get any more Beautiful!! Sheesh! Paul and his piercing blue eyes and Elizabeth just a gorgeous with her violet gem eyes! Love this movie! Saw it on AMC years ago!
***** lol girl!! Great taste!
+NellyBelle What about Big Daddy? What about Big Daddy's piercing blue eyes? Or Big Daddy's violet gem eyes?
pix046
His eyes too!! Hmmmm! lol
There you are again! lol This youtube universe is way too small. I expected to see you on one of my favorite songs :)
Longster86 lol This my movie right here!!
She plays this so well and b/c of her beauty it makes it even more heartbreaking. Such horrible times in her life during this filming also.
these two are just way too beautiful to be on screen together. I feel like my computer is going to explode
2:32
God. He was so fucking goodlooking, even when he got old.
One of the handsomest man I've ever seen in American Cinema.
Liz is both stunning and spectacular in this movie. Just a complete and total joy to watch. Her voice so cool and confident, yet overflowing with emotion and longing. This scene is one of the greatest. Full of tension, waiting to be released. Steam building. Movie art at its finest. Thank you, Liz!
No, they don't have stars like this anymore. Just ridiculously gorgeous...the both of them.
I think we are losing something with each generation. Some firmness, strength or thickness. I do not know how to say it properly.
But a guy like Paul Newman has something about him that for example Ryan Gosling or DiCaprio do not have. He is not as polished, or physically weak or something.
And Elizabeth Taylor is just gorgeous. Like really, your jaw drops when you look at her. Charlize Theron and Angelina Jolie are great for our generation in their own right, but they too seem to be missing something Taylor has.
And Taylor and Newman looked like this in an age when plastic surgery was not as common as it is today.
We are getting weaker and weaker, because our lives are becoming more and more comfortable or something like that.
More and more comfort and convenience=more and more laziness and indifference
love your comment
I somewhat agree with you, but its also all about perception. its easy to look at classic film through rose colored glasses. I personally think this generation's actors have an astounding eye for work involving idiosyncratic mannerisms, and facial work. That being said people like Newman, Brando, Peck, and Redford have a kind of raw charisma and presences that can't and hasn't been replicated to this day.
I really think the difference lies in the evolution of the art form. older movies, this movie in particular, tend to be replicating a more theatrical style.
I feel you, Maggie. He is damn gorgeous.
This is my all time favourite movie...by two of my favourite actors...RIP Elizabeth Taylor who passed away today...true movie legend none of todays actors or actresses have this kind of screen presence or chemistry or acting abilitiy!
C'est un excellent film d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams, Les acteurs sont excellents merci
You rarely have this in films. When Elizabeth is speaking your eyes stays on her, when Paul speaks your eyes goes towards him. These two great actors went head to head in this film and neither outshined the other. Paul was always critically acclaimed as an actor but Elizabeth was always having to prove herself due to her scandalous private life and her beauty. She deserved more credit as an actor.
fantastic, the gestures and chemistry of the actors, their facial expressions and movements, is all perfectly expressed.
Paul Newman played the role of Brick in this film perfectly and when I read the play that was just how I imagined him!
RIP Paul Newman!
One of the greatest actresses of all time
Interesting about the evolution of movies. In that time, movies were much more about story and character development with long scenes of people talking. Much closer to the age of live theater where props were just that - something in the background to prop up or support the main action. Now props have morphed into CG which has taken over dialogue and plot. Well, welcome to the 21st century. I think we have gained in slam dunk value but lost something in the translation.
Movies were about props all the time. Studios always wanted to deliver huge spectacles to viewers, no matter the time period. Ben Hur, King Kong, Cleopatra, Towering Inferno, etc.
It is just that in 1958, they had less tools at their disposal so they were forced to be more creative. And one movie like Cat on a hot tin roof is not representative of the entire era.
There are a lot of great movies coming out today that are about story and character, you just have to look. The volume of movies coming out is bigger of course and the amount of crap is therefore bigger as well, but lets not idealize the past too much. It was always about money and big attractions for the public.
I guess you're right, but I do feel like I used to enjoy movies much more years ago. Now I feel lucky if I can find one or two a year that are worth watching. Maybe we were more unsophisticated and innocent back then, and easily impressed, or maybe I'm just getting old and not moving on with the times.
jerramy Yup. Its getting older. Thats all. When younger, you were more easily impressed. Older, you have seen a lot of movies and a lot of crap.
I recently watched the new Ninja Turtles. I thought it was crap and that the old movies were better. Then I watched one of the old movies here and thought: "Damn, this is even worse than the new one."
Nostalgia clouds rational thinking.
If you wanna see a good new movie though, I suggest Nice guys with Gosling and Crowe. A good film.
Well said
R.I.P to two of the greatest to ever do it....
This is one of the best plays by Tennesse Williams. I love it when I first saw it and still do when I get a chance
Maggie: I get so lonely
Brick: Everybody gets that
you think he gets lonely and feels thawway as well? missess her...
They were so beautiful.
Lana Parrilla who plays the Evil Queen on Once Upon A Time said she'd love to play Maggie on Stage; ugh I wish she had the opportunity she is such an amazing actress!
can you imagine if liz and paul would've had a baby, what eyes and looks would've he/she had? amazing
Oh my god
My favourite movie of hers ... Goodnight Maggie, rest in peace.
0:36 did he seriously smirk 😏 wen he cut of her advances?
Paul Newman was so good in this. I really think its one of his very best. Newman is interesting even when he is not speaking. And Williams wrote such good dialogue. Williams always said this was his favorite play.
Oooh my gosh theyre the most beautiful couple ive ever seeb!
I just finished watching this for at least the tenth time-Burl Ives didn't win an Academy Award for his performance-no justice.
Liz Taylor is an incredible actor Newman is left behind in his scene.
I think they are both on par. That's what makes the movie great, their dynamic.
I want to go through the rest of my life with a piano playing in the background. Well, actually I would like a quartet.
The victory of a cat on a hot tin roof is just staying on. Long as she can. Meow.
Beautiful people.
Her laugh at the beginning is so infectious.
Absolutely!!! Beautiful and talented...
oooweee paul newman... great acting!! just superb!
OMG!!!! Brick is soooooo handsome!!!! And Maggie is sooooo beautiful!!!!! This is such a classic!!!!
I've been watching this exact same clip for years !!!!! Please never leave me !!
Liz & Paul she was beautiful & he was handsom!!!
God he is stunningly beautoful and this a great movie and a contraversal subject at the time.
met her 3 times - there never was and there will never be a more beautiful woman inside and out!
Wen did u meet her? Tell me more
"Take a lover!" That must've been a scandalous line to hear in a movie theatre in 1958!!
Doesn't Get Better than those 2 playing those parts, maybe , in the Street Car Named Desire, both films , Just Phenomenal , all the Leads Beyond Captivating .
Everyone always says that Elizabeth Taylor was the most beautiful woman of all time. I had only seen her in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" -- and I thought they were nuts! I watched this and immediately changed my mind! She's gorgeous. So jealous.
+Addy Norman She's even more beautiful in "A date with Judy", "The last time I saw Paris", and "A Place in the Sun".
+Vette gaddia I've read that hert striking double eyelashes was a symptom of a serious heart defect. I think I'd rather be average and healthy than beautiful and sickly to be honest.
+Addy Norman She's gorgeous in Taming of the Shrew
+Addy C: She lived to be nearly 79 though, not bad. I know she was in poor health for the last few years, but her star shone so brightly, it dazzled. She did have a great life when young.
So sophisticated in Ash Wednesday !
Brangelina who? This is the most stunning on screen couple I have ever laid eyes on! They were both GORGEOUS!!
So beautiful, so young!
Brick: Win what? What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?
Maggie the Cat :Just stayin on it I guess, as long as she can .
Tennessee Williams was a remarkable writer!!
And her Kiss to him in the Air as she says that exit line makes it so good, like #Bloop! lol 😄💋
At one point the full movie was here. I usually catch it somewhere on a Cable or Network channel. I'm going to buy the DVD, I must. I can watch it over and over, the performances are so great. With Ms. Taylor passing, she is the last of the original cast. If anyone can find the book, it's really worth the read. Surprisingly there is more to Big Daddy than meets the .eye and how he came about that Plantation. Tennessee Williams was genius, I loved his hot smoky plays...
She own the role I love her in this movie
"no-neck monsters" is my favorite line from ms. liz, rip darling, you are so missed!
YOU LEAVE MR BURNS OUT OF THIS!!!
Hugh Mungus deadass 😂😂😂😂
"SMITHERS!!! SMIIIIIIIIIITHERS...!!!!!!!!!!!!"
That's such a great movie, one of the bests in the story of cinema.
Everybody should see this film and appreciate it, because it's a masterpiece.
This is ART. This is CINEMA. This is DRAMA. This is sooo good !
what an amazing movie, Newman and Taylor are great....RIP Liz.....
two of the biggest legends in movie history right here...
you both, will be living forever
Happy Birthday Elizabeth! You were good!
i have never seeing such a wonderful acting like Liz Taylor as Maggie, We will Miss you Maggie The Cat..rip elizabeth!!
Thank you so much for posting this :)
I will be using this for my acting class!!!
This was a great movie, also I like Butterfield 8, that in my opinion was the best movie Liz ever made.
+varigdc10 The best movie Elizabeth ever made was "Cat on a Hot tin roof", the movie here. They gave Elizabeth the oscar for "Butterfield 8" to make up for the one she should have gotten for "Cat on a hot tin roof".
Vette gaddia I always liked B8 better, but, Cat was also a great flick, so how about saying both efforts were just "great", how about " Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf" ?
varigdc10 You know, I know many ppl love Virginia Wolf. And she deserved the Oscar for the role. But it's not a movie that I can watch many, many times like "Cat on a Hot tin roof". Take a look at Elizabeth's eyes in Cat! That movie capture Elizabeth's and Paul's gorgeous eyes better than any of their movies.
neverovatno koliko su lepi.
Slazem se.
*sigh* so much talent Liz. We are at a loss.
the MOST BEAUTIFUL ICONIC LEGEND WHO MEANT SOOOO VERY MUCH TO US ALL BELONGS TO HEAVEN HEY HONEY MIKE TOOD & RICHARD HAVE HAD ENOUGH WAITING WE MUST NOT BE SELFISH RIP BLESSINGS & PRAYERS TO HER FAMILY
It's not that he doesn't love her - he does. It's that she doesn't physically turn him on. He likes guys - "hard" instead of "soft". (Read the book.)
He made the same mistake so many gay guys do - going along to "get along" instead of being themselves.
In a way, society made BOTH these people victims .... from prejudice.
Walk your own path. It won't be easier.... just more rewarding in the end.
Where in the movie does it say he's gay? He hated her cos she slept with
That the play version not the movie version. ALso in the profile is that ur pic?
@@flower_girl4983 As he said, it’s in the book. The author (Tennessee Williams) hated the movie because the film producers cut out the all references to homosexuality .
the musical theme that start at 2:06 is beautiful! love this movie
Pure class, life in a movie.
That's good. I've seen this movie 100 times & never noticed that. "When a marriage goes on the rocks, the rocks are there...RIGHT THERE!!!"
It's so true as well 🎯
he is so GORGEOUS!!!!! RIP
....and now they're both gone. The legends are leaving us and are not being replaced.
The world is different now.
You leave Mr Burns out of this!!!
Great movie.
Love this movie seen it so many times
I love this movie.
My favorite performance of hers
"I must admit the character "Lou Ann" in my new book "The Howling In The Rockies" was inspired by Elizabeth Taylor as "Maggie" from Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". She was just my kind of "Hot"!
Jesse Hickok, Author
i always pondered how random it was when she walked over to the dresser, pulls out a tissue and starts wiping her forearms...
i don't think i ever this particular part. thnxs for posting this X D
Scarlett Johansson is going to play Maggie in a Broadway revival this Winter. Poor Scartlett. This is Tennessee Williams, not a comic book. And Scarlett is not Liz Taylor.
No movies are based on these kinds of dramas anymore...a study of human emotion that takes place in a day!
4:14 HE SAID IT! HE SAID THE THING!!!!!
I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof!
Damn, it's wrong to be that beautiful. And I'm not just talking about Elizabeth.
The film was originally supposed to be black and white, but they decided to change it to color because of Paul Newman's and Liz Taylor's stunningly gorgeous eyes.
RAW TALENT
Newman was GORGEOUS!!!
Hottest man ever invented
because if he were uglier then she could be less in love with him. he looks the same if not better as he did when he was younger and she can't stand it because it won't allow her to hate him or take a lover. she's still tied to him through her love and sexual attraction which makes his rejections that much more painful
I love the music playing throughout this scene and throughout the film. I don’t know the name of it
taylor and newman both were intelligent and soulful people -- they grew up in a less crass world
Now this is an Oscar Performance!!! None of that were everyone thinks they deserve an Oscar!!!
This was the year (50's), Elizabeth Taylor was very popular and well known as the most beautiful woman in the world. Men and women adored her in her prime....
In case you didn't know, Newman had an "affair" with James Dean (and others.) What a hunk. There are plenty of very hot guys out there with talent but this one got ....HOLLYWIERD backing.
i will be the best gurl EVER i promise,santa.just hav one of these waiting for me under my tree on xmas!!! please,just 1 Paul Newman!!!
Williams is the greatest.
To one of the great ones...Here's to you Maggie , RIP
There's more to this play than the lead actors' looks
I agree Carey Mulligan is brilliant.
such decency in hollywood....wow
He can't lose his looks because he's a vampire and they don't age.
ELIZABETH SHOULD HAVE WON BEST ACTRESS OSCAR !!
Just goes to show you what a great actor Paul Newman was, he did that scene without once drooling at Liz in that gorgeous outfit. I know I'd need a mop to clean up the drool if it was me. Rest in Peace Liz and Paul.
That laugh Maggie has is IT
burl ives was great in this.
Wow! I'm a freshman in HS and I wanted to do this scene for theater class...but it's not even in the play! I think it's amazing how they exude so much emotion in this scene....guess I'm going to have to pick another monologue maybe from Who afraid of Virigna Woolf, another classic!