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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Movie · 1966 · 131 min

A grueling, alcohol-soaked night of verbal warfare that is as riveting as it is exhausting, demanding full attention.

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1966 film directed by Mike Nichols
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Movie
Year
1966
Runtime
131 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • addiction
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour4
Realism9
Romance2
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Written by
Edward Albee, Ernest Lehman
Starring
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Music
Alex North
Cinematography
Haskell Wexler
Runtime
131 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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