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A streetcar named Desire [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; screenplay by Tennessee Williams ; produced by Charles K. Feldman ; directed by Elia Kazan.

Brando, Marlon. (Added Author). Feldman, Charles K. (Added Author). Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968 (Added Author). Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002 (Added Author). Hunter, Kim. (Added Author). Kazan, Elia. (Added Author). Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 (Added Author). Malden, Karl. (Added Author). Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 (Added Author). Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 Streetcar named Desire. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. (Cast).

Summary:

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. An uncensored version of the story of a repressed widow who visits her sister in New Orleans and is raped and driven mad by her brother-in-law.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0790795809
  • ISBN: 9780790795805
  • ISBN: 0790729377
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special edition
  • Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [1997]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the play by Tennessee Williams.
Bonus material not rated or closed captioned.
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, and An Actor Named Brando.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1951.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Harry Stradling; editor, David Weisbart; music, Alex North; adaptation by Oscar Saul.
Participant or Performer Note:
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden.
Target Audience Note:
Rated PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby digital mono; formatted to fit TV.
Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 > Film and video adaptations.
Feature films.
Lust > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
New Orleans (La.) > Drama.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

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