On the waterfront / Columbia Pictures presents ; Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by Elia Kazan.

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Marlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in this raggedly emotional tale of individual failure and institutional corruption. This film charts Terry's deepening moral crisis as he must choose whether to remain loyal to the mob-connec...

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Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 647.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Kazan, Elia (Director)
Spiegel, Sam (Production personnel)
Schulberg, Budd (Screenwriter)
Schickel, Richard
Young, Jeff
Brando, Marlon (Actor)
Malden, Karl (Actor)
Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976 (Actor)
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 (Actor)
Henning, Pat, 1911-1973 (Actor)
Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986 (Actor)
Westerfield, James, 1913-1971 (Actor)
Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- (Actor)
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Edition:Three-DVD special ed., Widescreen and full screen.
Series:Criterion collection ; 647.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Corruption > Drama.
Organized crime > Drama.
Clergy > Drama.
Stevedores > Labor unions > Corrupt practices > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, Black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (41 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
Marlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in this raggedly emotional tale of individual failure and institutional corruption. This film charts Terry's deepening moral crisis as he must choose whether to remain loyal to the mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly and Johnny's right-hand man, Terry's brother, Charley, as the authorities close in on them.
Note:Accompanied by a booklet featuring an essay by filmaker Michael Almereyda and other articles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Based on a story by Budd Schulberg.
Special features: Audio commentary by authors Richard Schieckel and Jeff Young; new conversation between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones ; Elia Kazan: an outsider (1982), an hour-long documentary ; visual essay on the aspect ratio; trailer ; interviews with scholar, Leo Braudy, critic, David Thomson ; actor, Eva Marie Saint ; actor/longshoreman, Thomas Hanley ; author, James T. Fisher ; documentary on the film's most famous scene, "Contender: Mastering the method" ; visual essay on Leonard Bernstein's score.
Call Number:PN1995.9.G3 O52 2013 VideoDVD
CY1 D0150710 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
ISBN:9781604656602
1604656603
Credits:Screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by Elia Kazan ; photographer, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Gene Milford ; music, Leonard Bernstein.
System Details:DVD ; region 1 ; NTSC ; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 ; 4K digital restoration.
Cast:
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Eva Marie Saint.