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 Blanche's aristocratic .. Read more
| Starring | Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden |
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| Director | Elia Kazan |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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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 Blanche's aristocratic affectations as a royal pain but also thinks she's holding out on inheritance money that rightfully belongs to Stella. On the fringes of sanity, Blanche is trying to forget her checkered past and start life anew. Attracted to Stanley's friend Mitch (Karl Malden), she glosses over the less savory incidents in her past, but she soon discovers that she cannot outrun that past, and the stage is set for her final, brutal confrontation with her brother-in-law. Brando, Hunter, and Malden had all starred in the original Broadway version of Streetcar, although the original Blanche had been Jessica Tandy. Brando lost out to Humphrey Bogart for the 1951 Best Actor Oscar, but Leigh, Hunter, and Malden all won Oscars.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Wright King, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis, Richard Garrick |
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| Director | Elia Kazan |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Czech, German, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Polish |
| Released | Production year: 1951 To Rent: DVD: 08 May 2006 |
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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 ... read more »
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Glad I watched it
Always wanted to watch this film and I was not disappointed, Marlon Brando is excellent and beautiful looking as Stanley, the husband of por Stella who loves ... read more »
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Bombshell Brando
Absolutely electric performance from Marlon Brando in this classic film from Elia Kazan. Brando plays a working class Pole in a seedy district of New Orleans ... read more »
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A Streetcar Named Desire
This toned-down version of a play by Tennessee Williams touches on the subjects of alcoholism, pretentiousness, promiscuity, domestic violence, rape and madness... read more »
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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