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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1951 DVD Release: 03/26/1997 Format: DVD - Black and White,Pan and Scan Edition: Director's Cut Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 21 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama, Marriage Drama See Also: A Streetcar Named Desire

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

Vivien Leigh - Blanche Dubois
Marlon Brando - Stanley Kowalski
Kim Hunter - Stella Kowalski
Karl Malden - Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
Rudy Bond - Steve Hubbell

Marlon Brando stars in the classic drama A Streetcar Named Desire. The film is presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio in glorious black-and-white. Overall, this is a fine-looking transfer, though a few inherent flaws in the film negative show a few spots of dirt and grain in the image. Otherwise, Warner has done fine work at making sure this is a clear, crisp-looking transfer that should please fans of the film. The soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono in English and is serviceable, if a tad unimpressive. While the bulk of the mix is clear of any excessive hiss or distortion, fidelity and dynamic range are often sorely lacking. Also included on this disc are English, French, and Spanish subtitles. Aside of featuring the "original director's version," this DVD edition of A Streetcar Named Desire's only extra features are a few pithy production notes about the making of the film. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide