Butterfield 8 [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; screen play by Charles Schnee and John Michael Hayes ; a Pandro S. Berman production ; directed by Daniel Mann.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 65244 | Warner Home VideoPublication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0790747650
- 9780790747651
- Title on container: John O'Hara's Butterfield 8
- Butterfield eight
- Directors of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten ; music, Bronislau Kaper.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A woman who has long been short on feelings falls in love with a married man in this emotional drama. Gloria Wondrous (Elizabeth Taylor) is a model and party girl who lives for pleasure and is willing to take men for what she can get from them. Gloria bounces from man to man, but feels that she can only truly confide in Steve Carpenter (Eddie Fisher), a longtime friend with whom she shares a close but strictly platonic relationship, though his fiancée (Susan Oliver) suspects otherwise. Gloria becomes involved with Weston Liggett (Laurence Harvey), a wealthy but emotionally cold man who is married to Emily (Dina Merrill). Weston shows Gloria precious little respect or kindness at first, but as they share a few bouts with the bottle, they discover that both are desperately lacking in self-confidence and have little happiness in their lives. As Gloria and Weston reveal more about themselves to one another, they fall in love, but Gloria isn't sure if she can commit to one man, while Weston has to decide if he can leave Emily behind. Based on the novel by John O'Hara, Butterfield 8 earned Elizabeth Taylor her first Academy Award (for Best Actress) after four unsuccessful nominations. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the novel by John O'Hara.
Full-frame format on side A, widescreen format on side B.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features include: Interactive menus ; notes on Elizabeth Taylor ; theatrical trailer ; scene access.
Directors of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten ; music, Bronislau Kaper.
Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill.
A high-class call girl in New York and a socially prominent man fall in love. However, he can't forget her past and she resents his distrust, so they battle their emotions and each other, leading to a powerful and explosive climax.
DVD.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Languages and subtitles in English and French.