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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
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1 December 1951 (West Germany)
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Tagline:
...When she got there she met the brute Stan, and the side of New Orleans she hardly knew existed. more
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Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 4 Oscars.
Another 11 wins
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14 nominations
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Vivien Leigh | ... | Blanche DuBois |
 | Marlon Brando | ... | Stanley Kowalski |
 | Kim Hunter | ... | Stella Kowalski |
 | Karl Malden | ... | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell |
 | Rudy Bond | ... | Steve |
| Nick Dennis | ... | Pablo Gonzales |
| Peg Hillias | ... | Eunice |
| Wright King | ... | A Collector |
| Richard Garrick | ... | A Doctor |
| Ann Dere | ... | The Matron |
| Edna Thomas | ... | The Mexican Woman |
| Mickey Kuhn | ... | A Sailor |
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122 min | USA:125 min (re-release)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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USA:GP (1970 re-release) |
USA:Approved (certificate #14871) (original rating) |
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
France:Unrated |
South Korea:12 |
UK:12A (re-rating) |
New Zealand:PG |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1986) |
UK:X (original rating) |
USA:PG (1993 director's cut) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba)
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While Vivien Leigh was playing Blanche, her real-life husband Laurence Olivier was also in Hollywood, filming Carrie (1952), costarring Jennifer Jones and directed by William Wyler. On one occasion, the celebrated couple dined with Marlon Brando.
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Continuity: During conversation about Napoleonic Code between Stella and Stanley, plate Stanley has been eating off disappears off top of trunk which is suddenly open.
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A Sailor: Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois: Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
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A Sailor: Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois: Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
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Referenced in I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006)
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Blanche DuBois reminds me of Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. (1950). Both characters succumb to their alter egos, and descend into their own worlds of fantasy and half-truths.
In "A Streetcar Named Desire", Blanche travels from her antebellum roots in Mississippi to New Orleans, to see her sister Stella. But, upon arriving in the Big Easy, Blanche must confront Stella's husband Stanley, a greasy, poker-playing neanderthal lout who knows a thing or two about reality. It's the clash between Blanche's stately delusions and Stanley's gritty realism that soups up the drama in this Tennessee Williams play, converted to film classic by director Elia Kazan.
The drama is absorbing. But the performances of Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, as Stanley and Blanche, are what make the film the cinematic powerhouse that it is. Excellent B&W lighting and jazzy background music amplify the seedy, sleazy atmosphere, which adds depth and texture to the story and the acting. And, of course, the claustrophobic, steamy French Quarter makes a perfect setting.
As one would expect for a film derived from a play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" is very talky. Generally, I don't care for films burdened with a ten thousand page script. But this talk-fest is an exception. Overwhelming what I would otherwise consider a weakness, the acting of Brando and Leigh alone are enough to justify a two hour investment, and render an enjoyable and memorable cinematic experience.