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A Streetcar Named Desire

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A Streetcar Named Desire
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PG,2hrs 2min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
September 18, 1951
Director:
Elia Kazan
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter  ...more
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
With the same director (Elia Kazan), a screenplay co-adapted by the playwright (Tennessee Williams), and three-quarters of the Broadway production's stars, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) transcended "filmed theater" to become a groundbreaking Hollywood work. Battling the stringent Production Code, Kazan and Williams made concessions concerning the "perverse" sexual elements of Blanche DuBois' past, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Vivien Leigh
Blanche Dubois
Marlon Brando
Stanley Kowalski
Kim Hunter
Stella Kowalski
Karl Malden
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, Mitch
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Glenn Close in the stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" in London on Oct. 4, 2002
Amy Ryan, nominee Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Amy Ryan, nominee Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Amy Ryan, nominee Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for “A Streetcar Named Desire”
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