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A streetcar named Desire Cover Image DVD DVD

A streetcar named Desire [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; screenplay by Tennessee Williams ; produced by Charles K. Feldman ; directed by Elia Kazan.

Kazan, Elia. (Added Author). Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 (Added Author). Brando, Marlon. (Added Author). Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002 (Added Author). Malden, Karl. (Added Author). Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 Streetcar named Desire. (Added Author). Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. (Cast).

Summary:

Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following WWII, this is a story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own. An uncensored version of the story of a repressed widow who visits her sister in New Orleans and is raped and driven mad by her brother-in-law.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0790795809
  • ISBN: 9780790795805
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (125 min.) : b&w, sd. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special ed.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the play by Tennessee Williams.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1951.
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.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Licensed for home use only.
Participant or Performer Note:
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden.
Target Audience Note:
Rated PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; standard version (original aspect ratio, Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
English and French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish (Feature Film Only).
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Portage la Prairie Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Portage la Prairie Regional Library DVD PG STR 3076 (Text) 3675000192134 DVD Volume hold Available -


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