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
Honey: They dance like they've danced before.
George: It's a familiar dance, monkey nipples, they both know it.
Martha: [derogatorily, to George] Hey, swamp! Hey swampy!
George: Yes, Martha? Can I get you something?
Martha: Ah, well, sure. You can, um, light my cigarette, if you're of a mind to.
George: No. There are limits. I mean, a man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder, which is up your line. Now, I will hold your hand when it's dark and you're afraid of the boogeyman and I will tote your gin bottles out after midnight so no one can see but I will not light your cigarette. And that, as they say, is that.
Martha: Jesus.
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Facts about
Richard Burton was heavily criticized for playing his character with an English accent.
Sandy Dennis, who was pregnant at the time of filming, suffered a miscarriage on the set.
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