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Elia Kazan

Elias Kazanjoglou known as 'Elia Cazan' born on 7th of September, 1909 in Kayseri, Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and died in New York City (US) on 28th of September, 2003.
Elia Kazan was a film-maker, theatre director, screenwriter, novelist and co-founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947.
His family emigrated to the United States in 1913 and settled in New York City. Kazan attended public schools in New York City and New Rochelle, after graduating from William College, Masachusetts, Kazan studied at Yale University's School of Drama. In the 1930s, he acted with New York's group Theatre. During this period was known for 'Gadg' short for Gadget- he never felt fulfilled with this name. For about 19 months in 1934-36 he was a member of a secret communist cell.
Kazan's history as a film director is as noteworthy as an impressive work. He won two Academy Awards ( among others) for the best director for the film 'Gentlman's Agreement' 1947, and 'On The Waterfront' 1954.
He was elicited from actors such as Marlon Brando in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' 1951.
Others impressive films: 'A Tree Grows In Brooklyn' 1945. 'Baby Doll' 1956. 'Wild River' 1960. 'Splendor in the Grass' 1961. 'The Visitors' 1972. etc.

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Elia Kazan - what members say

Viva Zapata review by Zamy from LONDON

27 September 2004
...ing Mexican heat, but most of time the actors look quite cool. The direction by Elia Kazan is of the journeyman variety; he does get the story across and the ending is we... Read customer review

East Of Eden review by A customer from Lewes

A Great Movie 17 November 2008
...ssential theme of the book. Filmed imaginatively in CinemaScope, this is one of Elia Kazan's best movies and a perfect reminder of what a genius he was with actors.(Brand... Read customer review

A Streetcar Named Desire review by from England, Reading

Brando in his spectacular role as the dashing and brutal Stanley Kowalski 2 December 2004
...tch, or even come close to Brando's performance in this masterpiece directed by Elia Kazan. What I mainly love about this film is Brando's peformance. He is amazing. H... Read customer review

Elia Kazan - filmography

A Letter to Elia (2010)
Starring: Martin Scorsese, Elia Kazan
Director: Kent Jones, Martin Scorsese
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Director Martin Scorsese speaks candidly and passionately about one of his formative filmmaking influences: the late Elia Kazan. Utilizing precisely chosen clips from Kazan's signature films including "On the Waterfront," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Gentleman's Agreement," "Baby Doll," "A Tree ..read more »

60% from 1 member
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The Last Tycoon on DVD (1977)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Jeanne Moreau
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan directed this curiously constipated film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished final novel, about Monroe Starr, a brilliant and efficient studio executive (based upon Fitzgerald's experiences with MGM wunderkind Irving Thalberg). Robert De Niro plays Monroe Starr in a cool and ..read more »

55% from 430 members

America, America (1963)
Starring: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam
Director: Elia Kazan
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Filmmaker Elia Kazan based America, America on the early life of his Greek-immigrant uncle. Stavros Topouzoglow is the young immigrant, whose starry-eyed impressions of America are soon compromised by reality. Despite the casual cruelties, betrayals, and career setbacks, Stavros forms strong and ..read more »

43% from 3 members
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Natalie Wood Collection - Splendour In T... on DVD (1961)
Starring: Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Warren Beatty
Director: Elia Kazan
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Their hearts say yes. Their hometown says no. Repression reaps tragedy in a compelling tale of teenaged lovers in 1920s Kansas. Natalie Wood teams with screen-debuting Warren Beatty.

71% from 191 members

Wild River on DVD (1960)
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet
Director: Elia Kazan
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Filmed on location in the Tennessee Valley, Wild River is set in the early 1930s. Montgomery Clift plays an idealistic TVA agent, assigned to convince the locals to move from their property so that a beneficial dam can be built. The principal holdout is feisty octogenarian Jo Van Fleet, who refuses ..read more »

66% from 204 members

Baby Doll (1956)
Starring: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach
Director: Elia Kazan
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Steamy tale of two Southern rivals and a sensuous 19-year-old virgin.

72% from 30 members
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East Of Eden on DVD (1955)
Starring: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris
Director: Elia Kazan
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The 24-year old idol-to-be James Dean plays Cal, a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favored brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Playing off the haunting sensitivity of Julie Harris, Dean's performance earned one of the film's four ..read more »

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On The Waterfront on DVD (1954)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the ..read more »

74% from 14,613 members

On The Waterfront - Blu-ray (1954)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the ..read more »

79% from 57 members
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Viva Zapata on DVD (1952)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn
Director: Elia Kazan
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Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Elia Kazan, this film follows the life of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) from his peasant upbringing, through his rise to power in the early 1900s, to his death. The film presents an interesting but fictionalized picture of ..read more »

61% from 452 members

A Streetcar Named Desire on DVD (1951)
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
Director: Elia Kazan
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In the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), in a seedy section of New Orleans. Stella's boorish husband, Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), not only regards ..read more »

75% from 4,208 members

Panic In The Streets on DVD (1950)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes
Director: Elia Kazan
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Winner of the 1950 Academy Award for writing (Best Motion Picture Story) and directed by Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront, Street Car Named Desire), PANIC IN THE STREETS is a gripping and powerful crime story that builds relentlessly from beginning to its shattering end. What begins as a simple ..read more »

64% from 336 members

The Sea of Grass (1947)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker
Director: Elia Kazan
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Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as a husband and wife on America's frontier; cattlemen in a "Sea of Grass". The wife has an affair which produces a child, and she is ostracised from the community. Meanwhile, the farmers watch helplessly as the sea of grass is exploited until it becomes a ..read more »

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Boomerang (1947)
Starring: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
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The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.

66% from 21 members
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Gentleman's Agreement on DVD (1947)
Starring: Anne Revere, Albert Dekker, Gregory Peck
Director: Elia Kazan
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Adapted by Moss Hart from the novel by Laura Z. Hobson, this film stars Gregory Peck as recently widowed journalist Phil Green. With a growing son (Dean Stockwell) to support, Green is receptive to the invitation of magazine publisher John Minify (Albert Dekker) to write a series of hard-hitting ..read more »

63% from 743 members

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945)
Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn
Director: Elia Kazan
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One-time movie song-and-dance man James Dunn won an Academy Award for his comeback performance in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Based on the best-selling novel by Betty Smith, the film relates the trials and tribulations of a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tenement family. The father, Dunn, is a likable ..read more »

69% from 232 members
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Gregory Peck Collection - The Man In The...
Starring: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Jennifer Jones
Director: Henry King, Nunnally Johnson, Elia Kazan
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Features the Gregory Peck films THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, THE BRAVADOS, and THE GUNFIGHTER.

55% from 7 members
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Natalie Wood Collection (6 discs) on DVD
Starring: Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Warren Beatty
Director: Mervyn LeRoy, Elia Kazan, Elia Ka
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Titles include: Gypsy Splendour In The Grass Inside Daisy Clover Sex And The Single Girl Cash McCall Bombers B-52

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Elia Kazan facts

5 most recent films

A Letter to Elia - 3.0 stars
The Last Tycoon - 2.5 stars
America, America - 2.0 stars
Natalie Wood Collection - Splendour In The Grass - 3.5 stars
Wild River - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

On The Waterfront - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
A Streetcar Named Desire - 4.0 stars
On The Waterfront - 3.5 stars
Natalie Wood Collection - Splendour In The Grass - 3.5 stars
East Of Eden - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

America, America - 2.0 stars
The Sea of Grass - 2.5 stars
Gregory Peck Collection - The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit/Twel - 3.0 stars
A Letter to Elia - 3.0 stars
Boomerang - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Karl Malden - 6 times - show films
Marlon Brando - 5 times - show films
Rudy Bond - 4 times - show films
Pat Hingle - 4 times - show films
Jo Van Fleet - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Martin Scorsese - 1 times - show films
Elia Ka - 1 times - show films
Mervyn Le - 1 times - show films
Henry King - 1 times - show films
Nunnally Johnson - 1 times - show films

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