Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Theatrical Trailer - © Warner Bros.

Film: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis.


Directed by: Mike Nichols.


Story & play written by: Edward Albee.


Screenplay written by: Ernest Lehman.


Distributed by: © Warner Bros.


Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1966 (USA)


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Synopsis!
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a 1966 film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edward Albee. It was the first film directed by Mike Nichols, and starred Elizabeth Taylor as Martha and Richard Burton as George, with George Segal as Nick and Sandy Dennis as Honey.

The film version differs slightly from the play. The play features only four characters, while in the film there are two other minor characters — the host of a roadhouse who appears briefly and says a few lines, and his wife, who serves a tray of drinks and leaves silently. (They were played by the film's gaffer, Frank Flanagan, and his wife Agnes Flanagan.)

In the play, each scene takes place entirely in Martha and George's house. In the film, one scene takes place at the roadhouse, one in George and Martha's yard, and one in their car. Despite these minor variations, however, the film is extremely faithful to the play. The filmmakers used the original play as the screenplay and, aside from toning down some of the profanity slightly — Martha's "Screw you!" (which, in the 2005 Broadway revival, is "Fuck you!") becomes "God damn you!" — virtually all of the original dialogue remains intact. (In the version released in the UK, "Screw you" is kept intact. In an interview at the time of the release, Taylor referred to this phrase as pushing boundaries.)

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[MAREKGERHARDT]

The best performance by two people ever seen on screen.

[PungentShell]

One of the remarkable movie's (play) ever. It's unbeliveable how you get involved by the atmosphere starting from the first plot & developing that curiosity "shadow play" of the actors. And this all using not much more than three scenery...amazing!! Just a "Loop-Movie"!

[71QueenBitch]

Taylor at her best. No actress besides Bette Davis, and maybe not even not even she, can do what she does in this.

[classicfan46]

This movie is amazing! Gotta love Richard and Elizabeth's performance in this epic picture!

[LyleBennet]

I'm just a 18 year old teen from the UK and I've been wanting to watch this for ages. Last week when I brought it on DVD I enjoyed it as much as I thought I did and it was a masterpiece. Mum and Dad were in the next room and mum walked through the lounge she said "sounds like Eastenders" with all of the arguments, the shouting and things being thrown about. Eastenders is largely dramatised, but this film is practically real life and seems like it's a fly-on-the-wall documentary

[XxOllie8xX]

i lovee this play, but this trailer hardly does it justice :\ is the movie any better?

[Bizarronumber4]

RIP Elizabeth Taylor.

[MrJkauf]

Sheer brilliance. Though in some ways the film has dated, its level of acting has never been surpassed. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf proves that strong characters, literate dialogue and a fine director mean more than all the mega-budget CGI in the world This is the definition of "they don't make like that anymore.".

[lucasalmight]

The trailers used to better in these times

[TCall2004]

Those two could put the booze away!

[liquidyou]

The trailer is crappy but the movie is incredible.