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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
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Release Date:
1 December 1951 (West Germany)
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Tagline:
...When she got there she met the brute Stan, and the side of New Orleans she hardly knew existed. more
Plot:
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 4 Oscars.
Another 11 wins
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14 nominations
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A true milestone in cinema history
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Vivien Leigh | ... | Blanche DuBois |
 | Marlon Brando | ... | Stanley Kowalski |
 | Kim Hunter | ... | Stella Kowalski |
 | Karl Malden | ... | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell |
 | Rudy Bond | ... | Steve |
| Nick Dennis | ... | Pablo Gonzales |
| Peg Hillias | ... | Eunice |
| Wright King | ... | A Collector |
| Richard Garrick | ... | A Doctor |
| Ann Dere | ... | The Matron |
| Edna Thomas | ... | The Mexican Woman |
| Mickey Kuhn | ... | A Sailor |
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Runtime:
122 min | USA:125 min (re-release)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:GP (1970 re-release) |
USA:Approved (certificate #14871) (original rating) |
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
France:Unrated |
South Korea:12 |
UK:12A (re-rating) |
New Zealand:PG |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1986) |
UK:X (original rating) |
USA:PG (1993 director's cut) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba)
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Although Vivien Leigh initially thought Marlon Brando to be affected, and he thought her to be impossibly stuffy and prim, both soon became friends and the cast worked together smoothly.
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Continuity: When Mitch embraces Blanche, she puts her arm around his shoulders, which changes between shots, either her left one or her right one.
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A Sailor: Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois: Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
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A Sailor: Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois: Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
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Spoofed in LeapFrog: Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory (2005) (V)
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"A Streetcar Named Desire" is along with "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" the best movies adapted from a play ever. Vivien Leigh is excellent in the most difficult role of the world theatre and far more impressive here than in "Gone With the Wind". With the performance she gives she proves what a great actress really means. Marlon Brando is equally impressive in a role that made him a star. He gives a different dimension to Stanley and introduces method acting to Hollywood. This role that deserved an Oscar is maybe the best of his career. Kim Hunter and Karl Malden are ideal in the supporting roles. The scene that Stanley and Stella are reconciled after a fight they have is full of passion and desire and is now regarded a classic. But the person that created the atmosphere and helped the actors create their roles is Elia Kazan (to me he is the best director ever lived). Kazan manages to create a great atmosphere and make the movie not be just another stagy play. "A Streetcar Nemed Desire" is undoubtedly a milestone in cinema's history that nobody should miss.