Boom!
Description
Taylor and Burton are explosive in this "heady serio-comic brew [from] Tennessee Williams ..." — Time Out
Cinema icons (and twice-married couple) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton light up the screen in what acclaimed playwright Tennessee Williams (A Streetcar Named Desire) described as the best film adaptation of his work he'd ever seen. Sissy Goforth (Taylor), the world's richest woman, has retired to her lavish island estate to dictate her memoirs. Her reclusive lifestyle is thrown into upheaval when roguish poet Chris Flanders (Burton) washes up on her beach. With the mysterious habit of calling upon a lady one step before the undertaker, Flanders has become known as "The Angel Of Death" — but an undaunted Goforth opts to tempt fate when she chooses to take Flanders as her next — and last — lover.
A notorious bomb on its initial release, Boom! has since built up a cult following for its one-of-a-kind mixture of camp, lyricism, and the highly combustible chemistry of its two leads. More than fifty years after Boom!'s debut, Shout! Factory invites you to light the fuse on a re-examination of this highly unusual drama.
Bonus Features for Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary With Filmmaker John Waters
- NEW "The Sound Of A Bomb: Contextualizing Boom!" With Film Critic/Author Alonso Duralde
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Vintage Photo Galleries
Product Information
DISCS 1 |
RUN-TIME 113 min |
ASPECT RATIO 2.35:1 |
COLOR Color |
LANGUAGE English |
REGION Region A |
RATING Not Rated |
PRODUCTION DATE 1968 |
CLOSED-CAPTIONED No |
SUBTITLES English |
Cast & Crew
Elizabeth Taylor | Actor |
Richard Burton | Actor |
Noël Coward | Actor |
Joanna Shimkus | Actor |
Michael Dunn | Actor |
John Heyman | Producer |
Joseph Losey | Director |
Norman Priggen | Producer |
Tennessee Williams | Writer |