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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.
1966 · Directed by Mike Nichols · 131 min · Drama · 26 frames
Tagline
You are cordially invited to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games
Crew
- Screenplay: Ernest Lehman
- Cinematography: Haskell Wexler
- Edited by: Sam O'Steen
- Music: Alex North
- Production design: Richard Sylbert
- Produced by: Ernest Lehman
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Martha
- Richard Burton as George
- George Segal as Nick
- Sandy Dennis as Honey
- Agnes Flanagan as Roadhouse Waitress (uncredited)
- Frank Flanagan as Roadhouse Manager (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Latin
- Studios: Chenault Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $7,500,000
- Box office: $33,736,689
- Themes: adultery, professor, married couple, guest, black humor, based on play or musical, campus, dysfunctional marriage, black and white, alcohol abuse
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