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...Blanche, who wanted so much to stay a lady...
...Blanche, who wanted so much to stay a lady...
Drama - 1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
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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.
Director:
,
Elia Kazan
Cast:
,
Nick Dennis
,
Marlon Brando
,
Rudy Bond
,
Karl Malden
,
Vivien Leigh
,
Kim Hunter
,
Peg Hillias
,
Wright King
,
Richard Garrick
,
Ann Dere

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Rated:
M/PG
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
18 Sep 1951
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,800,000
Revenue:
$8,000,000
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. 17 wins & 15 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

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Despite the overwhelming power of Brando's performance, Streetcar is one of the great ensemble pieces in the movies.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Brando's performance as Stanley is one of those rare screen legends that are all they're cracked up to be.
– Lloyd Rose,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Inner torments are seldom projected with such sensitivity and clarity on the screen.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
...Kazan achieves a sort of theatrical intensity in which the sweaty realism sometimes clashes awkwardly with the stylisation that heightens the dialogue into a kind of poetry.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
...if the hothouse style was ever justified, this is the occasion.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
28 Jun 2007
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