| | | 1954 winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor
Features: DVD
Marlon Brando gives one of the screen's most electrifying performances as Best Actor in this 1954 Academy Award winner for Best Film. Ex-fighter Terry Malloy (Brando) could have been a contender but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. Terry is guilt-stricken, however, when he lures a rebellious worker to his death. But it takes the love of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the dead man's sister, to show Terry how low he has fallen. When his crooked brother Charley the Gent (Rod Steiger) is brutally murdered for refusing to kill him, Terry battles to crush Friendly's underworld empire. Directed by Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire) and written by Budd Schulberg (What Makes Sammy Run), this unforgettable drama about Terry's redemption is among the most acclaimed of all films.System Requirements: Running Time 107 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE
Editor's Note
Marlon Brando is Terry Malloy, an ex-prize fighter struggling against union corruption along the New York waterfront, in Elia Kazan's film classic. Malloy's battle takes him all the way to the witness stand, where he finds himself testifying against union leaders. The film was Kazan's response to his decision to turn in the names of his Hollywood contemporaries during Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-Communism hearings. Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, and Malden were all nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscars. Academy Award Nominations: 12. Academy Awards: 8, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Marlon Brando, Best Story and Screenplay.
Plot Summary
Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando finest screen performances.| Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the victim was killed by the oppressive labor union for squealing to a commission investigating misdoings. Terry intends to keep his mouth shut and his job safe. But when Edie, the dead man's beautiful sister, comes to town, he must choose between his allegiance to a corrupt union and his loyalty to Edie.
| Features | Full Screen Presentation | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Mono | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Animated Menus | | Production Notes | | Scene Selections | | Audio Commentary with Film Critic/Author Richard Schickel and Elia Kazan Biographer Jeff Young | | Theatrical Trailers | | Filmographies | | Exclusive Feaurette | | Video Photo Gallery | | Elia Kazan Interview |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 5/13/2008 |
| Running Time: 108 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1954 | | Catalog ID: 78409 | | UPC: 00043396784093 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1955) |  | Marlon Brando, Winner, Best Actor in a Leading Role | | Eva Marie Saint, Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role | | Richard Day, Winner, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White | | Boris Kaufman, Winner, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | | Elia Kazan, Winner, Best Director | | Gene Milford, Winner, Best Film Editing | | Sam Spiegel, Winner, Best Picture | | Budd Schulberg, Winner, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay | | | Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, & Rod Steiger, Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role | | | Leonard Bernstein, Nominee, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | |
Golden Globe (1955) | | Boris Kaufman, Winner, Best Cinematography - Black and White | | Elia Kazan, Winner, Best Director | | Winner, Best Motion Picture - Drama | | Marlon Brando, Winner, Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama |
| Memorable Quotes| "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. Let's face it."----Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) to his brother, Charley (Rod Steiger), in the back of a cab |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times
"...A powerful and influential movie, one that continued Brando's immeasurable influence on the general change of tone in American movie acting in the 50's..." 03/21/1999 p.5Entertainment Weekly
"...ON THE WATERFRONT is Kazan's desire to justify himself to Hollywood and the world....Inarguably affecting..." 11/02/2001 p.55 Total Film
"...It's a heavyweight actor's master class presided over by Brando as a punch-drunk former boxer..." 05/01/2000 p.122 Premiere
"It's one of the towering performances in the history of the movies..." 12/01/2003 p.9 Uncut
"ON THE WATERFRONT retains its righteous power and resonance. And Marlon is magnificent." 12/01/2004 p.183 |
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