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A Streetcar Named Desire on DVD (1951)

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Average rating: 76%
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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: 119 mins
Certificate: 15
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Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, Czech, German, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Polish
Released: 08/05/2006
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Brief synopsis of 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).

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Rated - 2 starsDesireless

Francis Houseman from Autumn Falls, England , 29/09/2005

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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Rated - 5 starsBrando in his spectacular role as the dashing and brutal Stanley Kowalski

Irfan Lamba from England, Reading , 02/12/2004

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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Rated - 5 starsUnmissable

RJNeb2 [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/08/2006

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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Rated - 5 starsClassic!

A customer from Glasgow , 15/06/2007

Brilliant story, superbly acted by excellent cast!

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Rated - 5 starsClassic!

A customer from Glasgow , 15/06/2007

Brilliant story, superbly acted by excellent cast!

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Rated - 5 starsUnmissable

RJNeb2 [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/08/2006

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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