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Ive been in the theatre my whole life...had the leads in other 65 musicals and some plays (my fave is Sondheim)...lll probably be horsewhipped but lm not a Williams fan...all... absolutely everyone of his plays are GRIM. Torturous...all over the edge...ready for an asylum.....l adore Vivien Leigh...and lm ALWAYS fascinated with Willians novella.....ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE ..the ending of course is very ambiguous...but fascinating....Warren Beattys.accent was hideous(almost ruined his career)..but Vivien was still gorgeous and wore THE most stunning clothes.,...lve done. Moliere..Sondheim.. Candide....G&S.. lotta shows...no Williams.tho.....well.his pkays are enthralling...and have stayed the test of time(l thot Tommy Kee looked divoon)

Seeing this after 10 years, Kim Stanley was an amazing actor!! Of course Jessica Lange is also so innately talented!

Jessica Lange and Kim Stanley together! They must have loved working with each other , remember the two of them cat-fighting in FRANCES

This is from the 1984 TV movie which was probably the first time a national audience was able to see "Cat" in something resembling the way T W wrote it. It starred Tommy Lee Jones as Brick, Jessica Lange as Maggie, Rip Torn as Big Daddy and, of course, Kim Stanley as Big Mama. The production was effective and presented the play so the audience could see the full effect of the themes and the social satire brings the play alive. This cannot be said of the Taylor/Newman version. I say Taylor/Newman but they are both fine actors and are not to blame for what was done to the play. The film changed the plot, cut half the lines while adding non TW lines and sanitized everything about it so that the original play is barely recognizable. They did not even hint at the homosexual themes and social satire that that are the basis of the play. Williams actually recommended that movie goers not see that film. While this is a good version, there were some things that dampened the effect of the play that are common to all the movie versions with the exception of the recent NTL version from 2018. The play has to be understood by the actors and director. There is a lot of humor in it and the social satire has to be played with a bit of twinkle. Too often Cat is presented without making the lines humorous, and comes off as a dreary tragedy. The other thing is that movie makers can't stop themselves from trying to "improve" things with "opening up the play," by placing some of the scenes outside of Brick and Maggie's bedroom. I think they imagine that the only reason everything is in the bedroom is because it is too hard to change scenes in a play. While that can work in some cases it is not the case here. The bedroom ties all the characters together and gives the impression that they are all imprisoned by their lies and by their social repressions. Like Big Daddy their world is dying and they have no real way out. Lying will not save them, the truth without courage and love will not save them. and love will not save them without truth and courage. They make attempts at telling the truth and loving and even say they are doing that, but they can't seem to muster the courage to make it happen at the same time. "Oh you weak people, Oh you weak beautiful people, who give up with such grace," says Maggie in a moment of clarity. The concept is captured in the last words of the play after Maggie tells Brick that she really does love him and he replies, "Wouldn't it be funny of that were true."

They called her the female Brando.

Is that Sarah Paulson acting in Kim Stanley's body?

Kim Stanley. Wow.

Awesome

I've watched this several times. I don't think acting gets better than this, from the entire cast. But Stanley is just devastating.

Kim was a great actress. Burl Ives, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Jack Carson in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, you'd think people would be too afraid to remake it

Honey...Kim Stanley IS the South. She is my Mama Mutt through and through. All these other folks are pretenders.

Kim Stanley comes across as supremely genuine.

This woman is captivating to watch

the movie with baby-voiced luscious Liz Taylor was a slow-hauling epic cry baby everybody lets feel sorry for ourselves show. the play itself is filled with over-played characterizations. this play doesn't even have a hint of poetry, just a bunch of yapping screechy actors dong the playwrights bidding. and not a one of them are especially, or even remotely likable. who gives a crap kim stanley is delectable, even with the maudlin overtones of her character. too much crying in their salty beers.

Why isn't a complete cast list provided?

Sorry, but to me, as someone who has worked in the theatre for decades, in my opinion, Stanley is overacting, plain and simple. And I see a tendency to upstage as well. although I readily confess that that is largely conjecture on my part. In any case, she doesn't seem to be creating a character that would have been for all these years so totally subservient to Big Daddy nor so apparently self-effacing, self-sacrificing and seemingly so readily overlooked by the others in the family. She seems rather to be quite histrionically self-important and demanding of attention, even of authority...a very "big" performance in any case, for better or not.

THE greatest actress - of any time or language - i have ever seen. I love Page, Evans, Dennis, Harris, Redgrave, Streep and Rowlands - but none can quite match this genius' raw and volcanic intensity.

LOL Crap is right...These people have NEVER been in the south or even exposed to it forget about erratic and over the top performances. Very high school.

the way she can say 'remarkable'......she is a treasure ….

she should have gotten the emmy for this monumental role!!!!!

Kim Stanley, acting goddess!

Love Kim Stanley and her lines: "Oh, I hate locked doors in a house!" Maggie: " ....people need some moments of privacy don't they?" Big Mama: "No ma'am,... not in my house."---Big Mama's two lines here....underlying her own frustration subconsciously about her relationships with Big Daddy, Brick.....Love it!

Kim Stanley is amazing here. Penny Fuller.... also great as the bitchy Mae....so willing with her line "I know how to give a hypo......" and Maggie's bitch slap back, "Somehow I don't think Big Daddy want Mae to give him a hypo......" Dysfunctional family if there ever was one! Thanks so much for posting. :)

Kim Stanley is genius in this...I just keep watching over and over again just for her performance

Stellar performances. Kim Stanley is brilliant.

Kim Stanley is perfect...I grew up in the South and there were many women just like Big Momma and she gets it just right.

I grew up in the South and know a lot of “Big Momma’s” and Stanley just nails it..it’s perfection

OMG - brilliant actress - I get chills, always have. "The Goddess" is beyond compare.

my teaxhwrs say kim stanley best actor ever ahe aint bettwr tham nra do or jamea dean my teaxhwra says she is way better tham daniel day lewis ya ok 😲a d laurnce oliver ya right my teaxhers say lee strasberg says she the perdext method actor monty clift is better too

Couldn't someone have given Kim a fake tooth to put in that gaping hole?

Never saw a production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" where the cast all sounded like they came from the same area of the South. That said, and ignoring the lousy audio that fades in and out, some of the performances here are worth every second. Jessica Lange is not directed well, but she's the Maggie that Tennessee Williams wrote. Tommy Lee Jones is wrong, just wrong. But Kim Stanley and Rip Torn sure can make ham a tasty treat.

wow!

While Jessica Lange was brilliant in Frances as well as Kim Stanley, the same cannot be said of this TV appearance. Again, Stanley takes your breath away, but there's a similarity to The Goddess. She was no beauty, no Marilyn Monroe who she was playing, but her performance overrides all that. Stanley was the very essence of acting. Lange is one deminsional, no Elizabeth Taylor that's for sure.

Brando gets it exactly right. Kim Stanley nails every syllable WOW Big Mama becomes the richest character in all her scenes. Not by scene stealing but by being the one revealing the most truth, as written by T W.

Noel Coward had a phrase he used for this kind of performance: "Beyond Praise!"

Stanley is just titanic as Big Momma. A truly great actor takes command of her stage. So glad I was able to watch this.

Kim Stanley is a legend! So glad to see her with Jessica Lange. This is the BEST version of "Cat" I've ever seen. Both actresses were flawless in the film "Frances." Watch for the documentary "The Needs of Kim Stanley" in Jan. 2015.

as usual, miss lange turns in her flaccid try. was embarassing onstage as blanche unreal.

yay kim !!! seance on wet afternoon:::delicious.

such a brilliant performance. it's a shame she didn't make more films but even a deeply flawed film like the Goddess really gives you a glimpse at the range and frickin depth of the human being.

so pleased you highlighted that line, over the years i have shown that particular part to many people..16.43 to 17.37..magnificent and hysterical...she was truly unique