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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 Award Nominations: 12, .. Read more

Starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
Director Elia Kazan
Genres Drama

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A Streetcar Named Desire

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 Award Nominations: 12, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Screeplay. Academy Awards: 4, including Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter), and Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden).

Starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Wright King, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis, Richard Garrick
Director Elia Kazan
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 59 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Drama
Language English
Subtitles English, Czech, German, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Polish
Released DVD: 08 May 2006
Production year: 1951
Format DVD

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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  • 14 out of 20 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Desireless

    I watched this thinking I'd love it, but i watched it hoping it would hurry up and end. It all seemed a bit wooden, although Marlon Brandon did look wonderful in it(!)

      • Francis Houseman from Autumn Falls, England
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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Unmissable

    Searing adaptation of one of Tennessee Williams' finest plays, this boasts extraordinary performances all round as fading, neurotic Southern belle Blanche DuBois sweats it out in her sister's tiny New Orleans apartment, all the while circling round her feral, brutish brother-in-law. Hunter and Malden deservedly won Oscars for their supporting performances, and Leigh really gets under the brittle, terrified skin of the vaguely nymphomaniac Blanche. But it's Brando you have to watch - you have no choice. His star-making performance is sheer electricity. Wisely, director Elia Kazan avoids any gimmicks and just lets his amazing ensemble of actors get on with it, backed up with deeply shadowy cinematography and a sensual jazz score.

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    The lights of New York's theatre district will be dimmed on Thursday night (02Jul09) to honour Oscar winner Karl Malden, who died on Wednesday (01Jul09). The 97 year old had a long affiliation with the Broadway stage - he made his Big Apple stage debut in 1937 and struck up a theatrical partnership with legendary director Elia Kazan, who cast Malden in a host of successful New York shows. Malden starred in more than 20 productions, including Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams'... Read more

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    • A Streetcar Named Desire
      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 ...