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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-c...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:On the waterfront (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Kazan, Elia, Schulberg, Budd, Brando, Marlon, Malden, Karl, Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, Saint, Eva Marie, 1924-, Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 647.
Subjects:
Corruption > Drama.
Organized crime > Drama.
Clergy > Drama.
Stevedores > Labor unions > Corrupt practices > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Gangster films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: Alternate presentations in fullscreen and widescreen; commentary featuring Richard Schickel and Jeff Young; new conversation between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones; Elia Kazan: Outsider (1982), an hour-long documentary; new documentary on the making of the film; interviews.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booket (41 pages)
Format:Blu-ray Disc; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:Rating: Not rated OFRB rating: PG.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1954: Best Picture, Best Director (Elia Kazan), Best Actor (Marlon Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint), Best Art Direction (Richard Day), Best Cinematography (Boris Kaufman), Best Editing (Gene Milford), Best Original Screenplay (Budd Schulberg)