A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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Synopsis
In the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), in a seedy section of New Orleans. Stella's boorish husband, Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), not only regards Blanche's aristocratic affectations as a royal pain but also thinks she's holding out on inheritance money that rightfully belongs to Stella. On the fringes of sanity, Blanche is trying to forget her checkered past and start life anew. Attracted to Stanley's friend Mitch (Karl Malden), she glosses over the less savory incidents in her past, but she soon discovers that she cannot outrun that past, and the stage is set for her final, brutal confrontation with her brother-in-law. Brando, Hunter, and Malden had all starred in the original Broadway version of Streetcar, although the original Blanche had been Jessica Tandy. Brando lost out to Humphrey Bogart for the 1951 Best Actor Oscar, but Leigh, Hunter, and Malden all won Oscars. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Richard Day	Art Director
Harry Stradling	Cinematographer
Alex North	Composer (Music Score)
Lucinda Ballard	Costume Designer
Elia Kazan	Director
David Weisbart	Editor
Ray Heindorf	Musical Direction/Supervision
Tennessee Williams	Play Author
Charles K. Feldman	Producer
Oscar Saul	Screenwriter
Tennessee Williams	Screenwriter
George James Hopkins	Set Designer
Nathan Levinson	Sound Director

Genre
Drama

Awards
1951 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1951 - Best Picture - Academy
1951 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1951 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1951 - Special Jury Prize - Venice International Film Festival
1951 - Best Picture - New York Film Critics Circle
1951 - Best Picture - Academy
1951 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1951 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1951 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1951 - Best Picture - New York Film Critics Circle
1951 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1952 - Best Film - Any Source - British Academy of Film and Television
1998 - 100 Greatest American Movies - American Film Institute
1998 - 100 Greatest American Movies - American Film Institute
1999 - U.S. National Film Registry - Library of Congress
1999 - U.S. National Film Registry - Library of Congress

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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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