A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
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 | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Czech, German, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Polish |
| Released | DVD: 08 May 2006 Production year: 1951 |
| Format | DVD |
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The film in which the Marlon mumble and scratch gave the Method a bad name and Tennessee Williams a yellow paper... read more on Time Out
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14 out of 20 people found this review helpful
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(!)
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Brando in his spectacular role as the dashing and brutal Stanley Kowalski
Marlon Brando sets the standards for future actors in his role as Stanley Kowalski. Although there have been many more film adaptations after this one, no other actor has been able to match, 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. His ability to superb ability to improvise is clearly evident and is part of what makes this film so great.
Vivien Leigh is also magnificent in her Oscar Winning Performance as Blance Dubois. This film is well worth watching and I'd recommend it to anyone. -
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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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