A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Director: Elia Kazan
Screenplay: Tennessee Williams (adapted from his play) and Oscar Saul
Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s turn ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ into a movie!”
Tagline: …When she got there she met the brute Stan, and the side of New Orleans she hardly knew existed.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When creditors take over the family estate Blanche Dubois (Leigh) is forced to move into her sister, Stella (Hunter) and Stanley (Brando) brother-in-law’s cramped New Orleans working class apartment. Blanche considers herself a lady which doesn’t sit well with Stanley who believes that he and Stella are due money from the estate. Stella and Stanley already have a antagonistic relationship which becomes even more strained with Stella there. Things reach a brutal climax when…
I originally saw Streetcar Named Desire years ago and loved it. Recently re-watching it, I still really liked it (especially Brando’s performance) but dropped the rating from an “A” to a “B”.
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