A streetcar named Desire
(DVD) 

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Kazan, Elia film director.
Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968, film producer.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 screenwriter.
Saul, Oscar screen adaptation.
Stradling, Harry, 1901-1970 cinematographer.
Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006].
ISBN
1419823183, 9781419823183, 0790795809, 9780790795805
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Lust -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
New Orleans (La.) -- Drama.
Sisters -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Relaciones hombre-mujer -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Teatro.

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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1419823183, 9781419823183, 0790795809, 9780790795805
UPC
085393893224, 012569750647

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
General Note
Based upon the original play : A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams as presented on the stage by Irene Mayer Selznick.
General Note
Special features (Disc 1): Commentary by Karl Malden and film historians Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young ; Elia Kazan movie trailer gallery (21 min.).
General Note
Special features (Disc 2): "Elia Kazan : a director's journey" (76 min.); "A Streetcar on Broadway" (22 min.); "A Streetcar in Hollywood" (29 min.); "Censorship and desire" (17 min.); "North and the music of the South" (10 min.); "An actor named Brando" (9 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Harry Stradling ; art director, Richard Day ; film editor, David Weisbart ; original music by Alex North ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf.
Participants/Performers
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis, Peg Hillias, Wright King, Richard Garrick, Ann Dere, Edna Thomas.
Description
After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and Stella's husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed by and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property left to both sisters and spent all the money. He sets about discovering everything else he can about her past, and tension between Blanche and Stanley is further intensified when Blanche begins dating one of Stanley's poker buddies.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG, for thematic elements.
System Details
DVD, region 1, standard full-screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language
English audio (container erroneously states that dialogue is in English or French); optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards
1951 Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Best Actress in a Leading Role; Best Actress in a Supporting Role; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kazan, E., Feldman, C. K., Williams, T., Saul, O., Stradling, H., Day, R., Weisbart, D., North, A., Heindorf, R., Leigh, V., Brando, M., Hunter, K., Malden, K., Bond, R., Dennis, N., Hillias, P., King, W., Garrick, R. T., Dere, A., Thomas, E., Behlmer, R., Young, J., Williams, T., & Selznick, I. M. (2006). A streetcar named Desire (Two-disc special edition (original director's version) ; Standard format.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elia Kazan et al.. 2006. A Streetcar Named Desire. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elia Kazan et al.. A Streetcar Named Desire Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Kazan, E., Feldman, C. K., Williams, T., Saul, O., Stradling, H., Day, R. and Weisbart, D. et al (2006). A streetcar named desire. Two-disc special edn (original director's version) ; Standard format. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kazan, Elia, et al. A Streetcar Named Desire Two-disc special edition (original director's version) ; Standard format., Warner Home Video, 2006.

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