A Streetcar Named Desire DVD
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Film Details
Directed by Elia Kazan
Produced in 1951
Main Language - English
Countries & Regions - American film
MovieMail's Review
By far the best filmed Tennessee Williams adaptation, A Streetcar Named Desire won three of the four acting Oscars (for Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden), though not, bizarrely, for Marlon Brando, in the role that shot him to stardom, and had a massive influence on modern film acting. He and Leigh made Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois two of the all-time immortal film characters in Williams' torrid drama of a fading Southern belle in constant battle with her brutish brother-in-law. Leigh wrings every ounce of pathos from her tragic anti-heroine, rendering the famous line, "whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" with such poignancy that actresses have struggled not to copy her delivery in subsequent performances. Brando's Stanley pounds with perspiring, bestial intensity; his behaviour may be repulsive, yet Stella's attraction to him is entirely believable. Both Hunter and Malden impress as the passive Stella and the innocent Mitch, with whom Blanche starts a relationship by pretending to be younger and more sexually innocent that she is.
Three minutes of the original movie were snipped by the censors. This footage, restored on this DVD, adds a new dimension to the raw emotions on show. In the original, Stella seems to comfort Stanley after the famous scene where Brando howls her name at the bottom of the stairs; here she is clearly far more submissive, reveling in his domination. The implied nymphomania of Blanche, and homosexuality of her dead husband, are also more explicit, as is the final assault sequence. Now over fifty years old, Streetcar remains a classic of intense drama.
Alex Davidson on 1st April 2006
Author of 231 reviews
Film Description
A Streetcar Named Desire won three of the four acting Oscars (for Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden), though not, bizarrely, for Marlon Brando, in the role that shot him to stardom, and had a massive influence on modern film acting. He and Leigh made Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois two of the all-time immortal film characters in Williams' torrid drama of a fading Southern belle in constant battle with her brutish brother-in-law. Leigh wrings every once of pathos from her tragic anti-heroine, whilst Brando's Stanley pounds with perspiring, bestial intensity. Now over fifty years old, Streetcar remains a classic of intense drama.
DVD Details
Certificate: 15
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Length: 119 mins
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Region: 2
Cat No: 1000086674
Format: DVD B&W
DVD Extras
- Documentaries: Marlon Brando Screen Test
- Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
- A Streetcar On Broadway
- A Streetcar in Hollywood
- Desire and Censorship
- North and the South
- An Actor Named Brando.
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Community Reviews
“A Streetcar Named Desire”
by DavidLeanFan on 18th June 2009
A streetcar named desire. Tennessee Williams most intense play, and, next to East Of Eden, Elia Kazaan's greatest film. Vivien Leigh perfects the lead role of the fade... Read on
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