Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Producer(s) | Sam Spiegel |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, LBGT |
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) was a Drama - Mystery Film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Sam Spiegel.
Academy Awards 1959 --- Ceremony Number 32 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Katharine Hepburn | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Elizabeth Taylor | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Oliver Messel, William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scot Slimon | Nominated |
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Catherine Holly:
Is that what love is? Using people? And maybe that's what hate is - not being able to use people.
Mrs. Venable: Oh, Sebastian, what a lovely summer it's been. Just the two of us. Sebastian and Violet. Violet and Sebastian. Just the way it's always going to be. Oh, we are lucky, my darling, to have one another and need no one else ever.
Dr. Cukrowicz: Nature is not made in the image of man's compassion.
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Mrs. Venable: Oh, Sebastian, what a lovely summer it's been. Just the two of us. Sebastian and Violet. Violet and Sebastian. Just the way it's always going to be. Oh, we are lucky, my darling, to have one another and need no one else ever.
Dr. Cukrowicz: Nature is not made in the image of man's compassion.
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According to author Garson Kanin in his memoir "Tracy and Hepburn", Katharine Hepburn was reportedly so furious at the way Montgomery Clift was treated by Sam Spiegel and Joseph L. Mankiewicz during the filming that, after making sure that she would not be needed for retakes, she told both men off and actually spat at them (although it remains unclear just which one of the two she spat at, or if she spat at both.)
The filmmakers were given special dispensation by the Breen office so that the homosexuality of Sebastian Venable could be "inferred, but not shown."
Patricia Neal played the lead role to so much acclaim on the London stage she was sure she would be given the part in the film adaptation, even without her agent promoting her the job. She then woke up in shock to find Elizabeth Taylor had been assigned the role.
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The filmmakers were given special dispensation by the Breen office so that the homosexuality of Sebastian Venable could be "inferred, but not shown."
Patricia Neal played the lead role to so much acclaim on the London stage she was sure she would be given the part in the film adaptation, even without her agent promoting her the job. She then woke up in shock to find Elizabeth Taylor had been assigned the role.
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