Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

In the dimly lit world of academia, we enter the tumultuous lives of George (Richard Burton), a seasoned History professor, and Martha (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), a sharp-tongued matriarch - a middle-aged couple whose volatile relationship thrives on vitriolic verbal skirmishes that reveal an eerie emotional dependence. The intoxicating dance of their vicious exchanges, magnified by a habitual overindulgence in alcohol, paints a poignant picture of a marriage teetering on the precipice of despair. The drama intensifies as George's professional life intertwines with his personal - he's an associate professor at a New Carthage university, where Martha's father presides as the President. The narrative takes an intriguing turn one late Saturday evening, when after a faculty mixer, Martha, in her capricious unpredictability, invites the university's fresh recruit, Nick (George Segal), an ambitious Biology professor, and his demure wife, Honey (Sandy Dennis), for a seemingly harmless nightcap. As the clock ticks into the wee hours, the young couple, under the influence of the hosts' generous libations, find themselves ensnared in the older couple's sadistic games. The battle lines blur, and the living room transforms into a battlefield, where words are weapons, and secrets are ammunition. As the evening spirals into a relentless storm of marital discord and verbal onslaughts, all pretenses are stripped away. The climax of the night's cruelty manifests through the chilling discourse of George and Martha's unseen adolescent son, whose impending birthday ominously looms on the horizon. This tale of love, hate, and deception is a riveting exploration of the human condition, where truth and illusion blur, leaving the audience to question - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a drama movie featuring Elizabeth Taylor.

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