Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

February 23 2009, 1:56am

Shipped on 02/23/09. Members of an avaricious Southern clan scramble to curry favor with their dying, wealthy patriarch (Burl Ives) in this adaptation of playwright Tennessee Williams' sizzling drama. Paul Newman stars as alcoholic ex-football star Brick Pollitt, whose self-pity and drunken malice jeopardize not only his inheritance, but also his marriage to the seductive Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor). Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.