Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Based upon the play by Tennessee Williams. For private home use only. "Two-disc special edition"--DVD container. Copyright on DVD: 2006. DVD special features: Disc 1. Commentary by Karl Malden and film historians Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young ; Elia Kazan movie trailer gallery. Disc 2. Feature length profile Elia Kazan : a director's journey; Documentaries: A Streetcar on Broadway, A Streetcar in Hollywood, Censorship and desire, North and the music of the South, an actor named Brando; Marlon Brando screen test; movie and audio outtakes.
Summary:
Brando plays Stanley Kowalski to Vivien Leigh's Blanche Du Bois in a study of contrasting characters and value systems--new versus old: modern culture vs. the old South.
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