One of the most famous, influential and powerful screen performances is the centrepiece of Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire...
One of the most famous, influential and powerful screen performances is the centrepiece of Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire – Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski. Roger Ebert: "Before this role, there was usually a certain restraint in American movie performances. Actors would portray violent emotions, but you could always sense a certain modesty that prevented them from displaying their feelings in raw nakedness. Brando held nothing back."
Regularly listed amongst the best films of all time (number 47 according the American Film Institute), this New Orleans-set adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play chronicles the dynamic between a former prostitute Blanche DuBois (Vivian Leigh), her sister Stella (Kim Hunter), and Stella's rough and sexually charged husband Stanley (Brando).
The film won three acting Oscars - Best Actress (Leigh), Supporting Actress (Hunter) and Supporting Actor (Karl Malden). Brando was nominated for Best Actor but lost to Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen.
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- Award winner
- Winner of four Oscars, 1952 Academy Awards. Volpi Cup winner (Best Performance) for Vivien Leigh, Venice Film Festival 1951.
- Rating
- PG,
- Runtime
- 125
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA