Warner: 38932. Based upon the original play "A streetcar named Desire" by Tennessee Williams as presented on the stage by Irene Mayer Selznick. A Warner Home Video. Includes special features. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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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