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Elia Kazan - what members say


  • Viva Zapata
  • Viva Zapata review by Mike#76 from LONDON
    Rated - 2 stars 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...  
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • A Streetcar Named Desire review by Irfan Lamba from England, Reading
    Rated - 5 stars 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...  

Elia Kazan - filmography


  • The Last Tycoon on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Robert De Niro,  Jeanne Moreau
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: 12
    The seedy underbelly of the Hollywood film industry is brought to light in Elia Kazan's powerful adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last, unfinished novel. Robert DeNiro anchors the film with his commanding portrayal of 1930s movie mogul Monroe Stahr (modelled after MGM's studio head Irving ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (53%)
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  • Wild River on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Montgomery Clift,  Lee Remick,  Jo Van Fleet
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: PG
    Chuck Glover is a field administrator who comes to Alabama to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He has to deal with opposition from the local people who object to him employing black labourers. Also an elderly woman has to be evicted from her home and Chuck's relationship with ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (63%)
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  • On The Waterfront on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Karl Malden,  Lee J. Cobb
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: PG
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (76%)
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  • Viva Zapata on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Jean Peters,  Anthony Quinn
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: PG
    Set in the early 1900s, VIVA ZAPATA! tells the story of Mexican rebel Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando), who rallies the countryside against the government and eventually assumes the role of president. John Steinbeck wrote the film's screenplay.
    Rate this: 3.0 (58%)
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  • A Streetcar Named Desire (2 discs) on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Marlon Brando,  Kim Hunter
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: 15
    Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (76%)
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  • Gentleman's Agreement on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Gregory Peck,  Dorothy McGuire,  John Garfield
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: U
    GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT is an excellent film that addresses anti-Semitism. Gregory Peck gives the right gravity to his role of a magazine reporter who comes to understand the barriers imposed by prejudice when, to add depth to his magazine feature, he takes on a Jewish identity. Moss Hart wrote the ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (67%)
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Elia Kazan - downloads


  • A Streetcar Named Desire for Download (1951)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Marlon Brando,  Kim Hunter
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: 15
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 119 minutes
    Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (76%)
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  • East Of Eden for Download
    Starring: Jo Van Fleet,  Julie Harris,  Raymond Massey
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 112 minutes
    An American youth is driven to desperation trying to win his father's love. Based on the classic Steinbeck novel ... a modern story of Cain and Abel set against the approach of World War One.
    Rate this: 4.0 (77%)
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Elia Kazan facts

5 most recent films


The Last Tycoon - 2.5 stars
Splendor In The Grass - 3.0 stars
Splendor In The Grass - 3.5 stars
Wild River - 3.0 stars
Baby Doll - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


A Streetcar Named Desire - 4.0 stars
On The Waterfront - 3.5 stars
East Of Eden - 3.5 stars
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn - 3.5 stars
Wild River - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Gregory Peck Collection - The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit/Twel - 3 stars
Baby Doll - 3.0 stars
Splendor In The Grass - 3.0 stars
Splendor In The Grass - 3.5 stars
Boomerang - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Karl Malden - 4 times - show films
Marlon Brando - 4 times - show films
Rudy Bond - 3 times - show films
Jo Van Fleet - 3 times - show films
Dorothy McGuire - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Henry King - 1 times - show films
Nunnally Johnson - 1 times - show films