1. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof: The Difference Between The Movie And The Play
When Richard Brooks and James Poe turned the stage play Cat on a hot tin roofinto a film script, they focused mainly on the plot and fashioned his adaptation of Tennessee Williams' work after Hollywood romances that were popular in the 1950s. ... The film adapts the words of Williams' original play, though in a cut version. ... Other parts have been edited with regard to Williams' explicit language. ... The characters in the film version are mostly congruent to the play, however Maggie presents an exception. ... The film version of Cat looses over its original, but since Willia...
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