Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 08/23/2005
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 140 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM
A year after helming
The Dirty Dozen, director
Robert Aldrich took on this controversial
drama based on the play of the same name by
Frank Marcus.
Beryl Reid stars as
soap opera star
June, an alcoholic lesbian who spends most of her time with her younger lover,
Alice (
Susannah York). When vindictive television executive
Mercy Croft (
Coral Browne) takes a liking to
Alice, she arranges to have
June's character,
Sister George, killed off the show. Drunk and paranoid,
June struggles to keep it together or risk losing
Alice. Because of its exploration of a subject as taboo as homosexuality,
The Killing of Sister George earned an X rating.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide