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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.

Contributor(s): Kazan, Elia | Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 | Brando, Marlon | William, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Streetcar named Desire | Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros. Entertainment, c2006Edition: Two-disc special ed.Description: 2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0790795809 (set of 2 DVD video discs).Subject(s): Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 -- Film and video adaptation | Married people -- Drama | Man-woman relationships -- Drama | Sisters -- Drama | New Orleans (La.) -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372
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Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl MaldenSummary: This is the Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams film moviegoers would have seen had not Legion of Decency censorship occurred at the last minute. It features three minutes of previously unseen footage underscoring, among other things, the sexual tension between Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) and Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), and Stella Kowalski's (Kim Hunter) passion for husband Stanley.
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791.4372 STR 2006 (Browse shelf) Set of 2 DVD Video discs 1 Available CALSH,25000,02,RA 1000523950

Based upon the play by Tennessee Williams. Originally released as motion picture in 1951. Special features: scene access, cast, production notes, awards, film flash

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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.

Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden

This is the Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams film moviegoers would have seen had not Legion of Decency censorship occurred at the last minute. It features three minutes of previously unseen footage underscoring, among other things, the sexual tension between Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) and Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), and Stella Kowalski's (Kim Hunter) passion for husband Stanley.

DVD

English & French. Subtitles: English, French & Spanish.