On the waterfront /

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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Uniform Title:	On the waterfront (Motion picture)
Main Authors:	Schulberg, Budd (Author, Screenwriter), Johnson, Malcolm M. (Malcolm Malone), 1904-1976 (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Columbia Pictures Corporation, Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Kazan, Elia (Director), Spiegel, Sam (Producer), 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), Galento, Tony, 1910-1979 (Actor), Mauriello, Tami, 1923-1999 (Actor), Hamilton, John, 1893-1967 (Actor), Heldabrand, John (Actor), Bond, Rudy (Actor), Blackman, Don (Actor), Keegan, Arthur, -1967 (Actor), Simon, Abe, 1913-1969 (Actor), Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- (Actor), Kaufman, Boris (Cinematographer), Milford, Gene (Film editor), Transfield, Flo (Costume designer), Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (composer (expression)), Schickel, Richard (Commentator), Young, Jeff (Commentator), Almereyda, Michael (essayist.)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published:	[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Edition:	Three-DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 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. Based upon an original story by Budd Schulberg; suggested by articles by Malcolm Johnson. Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary by authors Richard Schickel 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. Disc 2: Alternate presentation of 1.85:1 (widescreen) restoration; "I'm standin' over here now" (new making of documentary); New interview with Eva Marie Saint; Interview with Elia Kazan from 2001; New interview with longshoreman Thomas Hanley. Disc 3: Alternate presentation of 1.33:1 (full-screen) restoration; Who is Mr. Big? (new interview with author James T. Fisher about the real-life people and places behind the film); Contender: mastering the method (2001 documentary on the film's most famous scene); Leonard Bernstein's score (visual essay). Booklet featuring an essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda, Kazan's 1952 defense of his House Un-American Activities Committee testimony, one of the 1948 Malcolm Johnson articles that inspired the film, and a 1953 piece by screenwriter Budd Schulberg.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (108 min.) sound, color; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (41 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:	DVD video, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 5.1; 4K digital restoration.
Audience:	Rating: Not rated.
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).
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; art director, Richard Day ; film editor, Gene Milford ; wardrobe, Flo Transfield ; music by Leonard Bernstein.
ISBN:	9781604656602 1604656603