A streetcar named Desire [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents an Elia Kazan production ; produced by Charles K. Feldman ; screenplay by Tennessee Williams ; directed by Elia Kazan.
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FilmPublisher number: 38932 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]Edition: Two-disc special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (ca. 122 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0790795809
- 9780790795805
- Director of photography, Harry Stradling Sr. ; music, Alex North ; costume designer, Lucinda Ballard.
- Academy Awards, USA, 1952: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Karl Malden) ; Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivien Leigh) ; Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kim Hunter) ; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Richard Day, George James Hopkins).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
Based upon the original play by Tennessee Williams, as presented on the stage by Irene Mayer Selznick.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Title from container.
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 documentaries.
Director of photography, Harry Stradling Sr. ; music, Alex North ; costume designer, Lucinda Ballard.
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden.
Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following WWII, this is a story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own.
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French , and with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Academy Awards, USA, 1952: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Karl Malden) ; Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivien Leigh) ; Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kim Hunter) ; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Richard Day, George James Hopkins).