Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.Why is it so hard for us to get a great version of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
The original film version from 1958 starred screen icons Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman and scored a host of Oscar nominations.
That still makes us laugh: Williams despised the film adaptation, which does not make a lick of sense (more on that in a moment).
Thankfully, the 1984 remake of the play, which stars Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones, does make a lot more sense. Unfortunately, it suffers elsewhere.Cat on a Hot Tin Roof tells the story of the Pollitt family.