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A streetcar named Desire Cover Image DVD DVD

A streetcar named Desire

Kazan, Elia. (Added Author). Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 (Added Author). Brando, Marlon. (Added Author). Hunter, Kim. (Added Author). Malden, Karl. (Added Author). Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 Streetcar named Desire. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Warner Bros. Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Castle Hill Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Lorac Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. (Cast).

Summary: Stanley Kowalski, his wife Stella and his sister-in-law Blanche Du Bois are pressed together in a dingy New Orleans tenement. It is a study of contrasting characters and value systems--new versus old: modern culture vs. the old South.

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  • Physical Description: 1DVD (approx. 122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
    videodisc
    DVD{DVD}
  • Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2006.

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General Note:
Based upon the play by Tennessee Williams as presented on the stage by Irene Mayer Selznick.
" ... When she got there she met the brute, Stan, and the side of New Orleans she hardly knew existed ... Blanche, who wanted so much to stay a lady ..."--Container.
Videodisc release of the 1951 motion picture by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Renewed in 1994 by Castle HIll Productions and Lorac Productions.
Admitted to National Film Registry 1999.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1: Movie ; commentary by Karl Malden and Film historians Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young ; Elia Kazan movie trailer gallery. Disc 2: Special features: Movie and audio outtakes ; Marlon Brando screen test ; feature-length profile "ELia Kazan: a director's journey" ; 5 new insightful documentaries: "A streetcar on Broadway," "A streetcar in Hollywood," "Censorship and desire," "North and the music of the South," "An actor named Brando."
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Harry Stradling ; art direction, Richard Day ; music, Alex North ; produced by Charles K. Feldman ; directed by Elia Kazan ; screenplay by Tennessee Williams.
Participant or Performer Note: Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden.
Target Audience Note:
Rated: PG.
IMDb rating: 8.0.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Standard format - presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Feature film in English.
Awards Note:
Academy Award winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Karl Malden ; Best Actress, Vivien Leigh ; Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Kim Hunter ; Best Art Direction (B & W), Richard Day, George James Hopkins.
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, Marlon Brando ; Best Cinamatography, Harry Stradling ; Best Costume Design (B & W), Lucinda Ballard ; Best Director, Elia Kazan ; Best Music Score, Alex North ; Best Motion Picture ; Best Sound Recording ; Best Screenplay, Tennessee Williams.
Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Feature films
Feature films
Man-woman relationships
Genre: Drama.

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