Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
as Martha
Richard Burton
as George
George Segal
as Nick
Sandy Dennis
as Honey

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Genres & Description

Action Drama

8.0 / 10

George and Martha are a middle aged married couple, whose charged relationship is defined by vitriolic verbal battles, which underlies what seems like an emotional dependence upon each other. This verbal abuse is fueled by an excessive consumption of alcohol. George being an associate History professor in a New Carthage university where Martha's father is the President adds an extra dimension to their relationship. Late one Saturday evening after a faculty mixer, Martha invites Nick and Honey, an ambitious young Biology professor new to the university and his mousy wife, over for a nightcap. As the evening progresses, Nick and Honey, plied with more alcohol, get caught up in George and Martha's games of needing to hurt each other and everyone around them. The ultimate abuse comes in the form of talk of George and Martha's unseen sixteen year old son, whose birthday is the following day.

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Comments on this trailer
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eoselan7

What a lousy trailer! ...tells you nothing. I saw the film first run and it shocked the sh*t out of me, ...great direction and acting in an examination of the co-existence of love/hate as waring partners in one intensely human relationship. - @Tuesday, May 15, 2018 12:00 PM

Lotus Sutra

Such a bad trailer for such a classic film! - @Friday, April 27, 2018 3:27 PM

Che-Che Tha Don Dada

https://youtu.be/ZmLL3zG7DEU - @Sunday, December 10, 2017 6:30 AM

Nerfias Just

1:16 - 1:18 now that's how orgasm sounds. - @Friday, June 24, 2016 11:49 AM

thetramp123

*laughs* - @Wednesday, April 13, 2016 2:34 AM

lunah lulah

why are 60s trailers so shit - @Sunday, November 1, 2015 1:16 PM

SANDRA BIEGAJ

Happy 83 birthday Elizabeth. - @Friday, February 27, 2015 10:44 PM

SANDRA BIEGAJ

I love this film,its her best role ever,glad she got the Oscar. - @Friday, February 27, 2015 10:42 PM

lanzacash

They should've just called the movie "A NIGHT AT THE BURTON'S" - @Sunday, December 7, 2014 1:42 AM

Alexandros Deligiorgis

A truly great film with a great and meaningful ending - @Friday, November 14, 2014 2:04 AM

uchihadante77

I love Virginia Woolf!! - @Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:49 PM

Isazr

Sabes en donde puedo encontrar who's afraid of virginia woolf completa y en español - @Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:37 PM

Linda S

- @Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:17 PM

Meg Potts

Incredible! - @Friday, February 21, 2014 10:14 PM

Derik Schneider

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is suppose to be a drama and yet it is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen and I'm laughing through most of the movie. - @Monday, February 17, 2014 3:18 AM

Winduct

Wow, trailers used to be awful back then. They still are, but in a different way. - @Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:15 PM

raphaela ratzlaff

what the frag is this movie about? - @Friday, December 13, 2013 4:20 AM

Jefferson Borges

Truly incredible movie! Loved every second of it! The acting, the directing, everything perfect! Already one of my new favorite movies! - @Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:34 PM

,,m

I'm young, but I know much about them. As people, they weren't bad. They might have been testy now and then, but they didn't much to annoy the public. - @Saturday, August 3, 2013 8:08 PM

Matthew McLemore

Loved the film...not the trailer. - @Friday, August 2, 2013 11:51 PM

Matthew McLemore

If you had parents or grandparents from that era you would know. They did some bad work and they had personal problems. This film is one of their greats. - @Friday, August 2, 2013 11:50 PM

Patricia Pesuti

This movie is spot on..for so many reasons ..the loss of motherhood the inadequate feeling s of an impudent husband and the Alcoholism great story. - @Monday, June 17, 2013 8:21 AM

,,m

Why do they have haters for? - @Monday, June 10, 2013 2:24 AM

,,m

Albee has denied and still does, that George and Martha are stand-ins or coded as a bitchy gay couple. It was NOT intended to be four men (Honey's pregnancy makes no sense) but rather two men and two women like we see. Just because he's gay himself, doesn't mean there's a secret hidden agenda. - @Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:28 PM

jckfmsincty

I think that it is brilliant that Albee wrote the parts of George and Martha as an abstract homosexual couple situated in the concrete environment of a small college town in New England in 1960's America. Uta Hagen and Mercedes McCambridge were among the earlier actresses to have played Martha on the stage. Not exactly Mary Pickford types. Casting Liz in the film version to further confuse the broader American movie audience was an exceedingly intelligent move by the producers. - @Saturday, May 4, 2013 4:01 AM

jckfmsincty

People howled when it was announced that Liz would play the part of Martha in the film version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". She had never played a role on Broadway and this was considered such a stage part, not one for a Hollywood actress trying to impress critics and fans for the wrong reasons. On stage, the role had been played by very masculine types (Albee had written the parts of George and Martha as a gay couple). But in 1966, Liz surprised the world with her craft. Oscar # 2. - @Sunday, April 28, 2013 6:33 AM

TheKristobald

Wooden ? Underplayed maybe...I honestly believe he was one of the most original and sensitive actors of this era-and beyond. - @Sunday, February 10, 2013 12:32 PM

Nadia John

This is how they should make trailers today, just with a lot less hysterical laughing. - @Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:49 PM

Sofa City Sweetheart

I miss trailers like these! - @Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:31 AM

Lorena Bohemian

W T F? - @Saturday, September 22, 2012 9:21 PM

Timothy Judd

Is that where you store the euphamisms? - @Saturday, July 28, 2012 6:34 AM

Jesse Dalton

I would agree if this were any other actor but Burton ... his voice makes every line poetry. What a pleasure to hear him speak Albee's words, regardless of his accent (my opinion, at least). - @Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:58 AM

Catherine Pearl

I am actually playing her in a show case in new york city this month - @Monday, April 2, 2012 9:51 PM

andrejmotl

who's afraid of this trailer? - @Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:07 PM

tranquilitybase

I miss old-school movie marketing. - @Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:53 AM

Ibarrabros. Studios

this is the worst movie ever this movie sucks even it was made back in 1966 - @Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:41 AM

gymnastix

@colderbeer Yes, and even though Richard Burton had stage training and experience, Elizabeth Taylor wasn't a stage actress at all, came up as a girl from the Hollywood studio system. But, clearly, Taylor must have studied acting somewhere along the line, taken some classes at the Actor's Studio or at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Because this is basically a filmed play, which required a level of proficiency not normally held by mere film actors. - @Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:36 AM

gymnastix

@RichardElden What a horribly cruel thing to post! Even if you don't appreciate someone's acting ability (or lack thereof), why would you wish a painful illness and death upon that person? - @Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:24 AM

SexyStudChris

Who's afraid of virginia pussy, virginia puss, virgina puss ! ! hahahahahaha - @Friday, May 13, 2011 8:37 PM

AlylovesDP

@RichardElden well burton and taylor also worked on the taming of the shrew together - @Wednesday, May 4, 2011 3:25 AM

Laurie Ann Poole

Look at how different this trailer is from most that you've ever seen. It even repeats the entire sequence! Bold genius! - @Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:35 PM

exeuroweenie

I watched this at the tender age of 6,along with those mopey Bergman movies.It probably explains everything.I'd rather be half of a couple like Taylor/Burton than the younger pair.Train wrecks have charisma and character,at least some. - @Monday, March 28, 2011 8:39 PM

Johnny Montemayor

A tour de force performance Liz. Your most memorable movie ever. We'll miss you. - @Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:07 AM

Is that the sound for 10 little indians? - @Saturday, March 26, 2011 11:23 AM

TheKinoLiga

R.I.P. Elizabeth.. - @Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:45 AM

Cher Siegel

Icon. RIP Elizabeth :'( - @Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:29 AM

LemonCake07

I believe the person who clicked the "Dislike" button must have been blinded by their tears. It's understandable. We'll all miss her. <3 Liz <3 - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:12 PM

mickeytipp

RIP to a screen legend :-( - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:18 PM

regirayful1

.... What an epic actress. Sad day today in cinema history. - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:01 PM

Psychedelic Alien

Great movie!!!!! - @Wednesday, March 2, 2011 10:17 PM