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On the waterfront [videorecording (DVD)].

Criterion Collection, c2013.

On the waterfront (Motion picture)

Whistle blowing -- Drama.

Academy Award for Best Picture.

Criterion collection ; 647.

Alternate title:

Contender : mastering the method [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)].

Three-DVD special ed.

3 videodiscs (108 min. + extras) : Dolby digital, mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

Suggested by articles by Malcolm Johnson.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.

Special features: Disc 1: New 4K digital restoration ; alternate 5.1 surround sountrack ; audio commentary by authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young ; new conversation between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones ; Elia Kazan: An outsider - an hour long documentary ; visual essay on the aspect ratio ; trailer ; Disc 2: Alternate presentation of the restoration in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (widescreen) ; new documentary on the making of the film, featuriing interviews with scholar Leo Braudy, critic David Thomson, and others ; new interview with actor Eva Marie Saint ; new interview with director Elia Kazan from 2001 ; new interview with longshoreman Thoams Hanely, an actor in the film ; Disc 3: Alternate presentation of the restoration in the aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (full-screen) ; new interview with author James T. Fisher about the real life people and places behind the film ; Contender: mastering the method - a 2001 documentary on the film's most famous scene ; visual essay on Leonard Bernstein's score ; PLUS: a 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.

A selection of the National Film Registry, 1989.

In black and white.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Columbia Pictures Industries presents ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; directed by Elia Kazan.

Marlon Brando with Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield and introducing Eva Marie Saint.

"Marlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in this masterpiece of urban poetry. A raggedly emotional tale of individual failure and social corruption, On the Waterfront follows Terry's deepening moral crisis as he must decide whether to remain loyal to the mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) and Johnny's right-hand man, Terry's brother, Charley (Rod Steiger), as the authorities close in on them. Driven by the vivid, naturalistic direction of Elia Kazan and savory, streetwise dialogue by Budd Schulberg, On The Waterfront was an instant sensation, winning eight Oscars, including for best picture, director, actor, supporting actress (Eva Marie Saint), and screenplay."--Container.

Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor, 1954.

Gangster films.

Documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Johnson, Malcolm M. (Malcolm Malone), 1904-1976.

Brando, Marlon.

Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976.

Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002.

Saint, Eva Marie, 1924-

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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