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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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2hrs 30min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1966
Director:
Mike Nichols
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal  ...more
Synopsis: "You are cordially invited to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games." Thus read the ad copy for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which in 1966 went farther than any previous big-studio film in its use of profanity and sexual implication. George (Richard Burton) is an alcoholic college professor; Martha (Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor) is his virago of a wife. George and Martha know just how to push each other's buttons, with George having a special advantage: he need only mention the ... Full Synopsis
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Rebecca Flint Marx, AMG Review
Seething with acidic ill will and unmitigated vitriol, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? remains one of the cinema's most honest, affecting trips down the corpse-strewn path of marital dysfunction. Adapted for the screen from Edward Albee's play (deemed the "best American play of the last decade" by The New York Times), it was a scathing, uncompromising drama that on its release earned almost as much ... Full Review
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Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis in 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Elizabeth Taylor, right, in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Everett Collection)
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