Boom! + intro by Charlotte Frances Burton, Richard Burton’s granddaughter

Charlotte Frances Burton, Richard Burton’s granddaughter, introduces this ‘Burton-Taylor circus’ which became a cult favourite despite debuting as a box-office flop.

Directed by Joseph Losey in 1968 and starring Elizabeth Tsylor, Richard Burton, Noel Coward, and Joanna Shimkus, Boom! brings a minor Tennessee Williams play to the silver screen.

In a beautifully shot, “spectacularly miscast” film of unintentional humour, Boom! is best enjoyed by an enthusiastic audience ready to relish the ride of raucous, unhinged cinema.