Local cover image
Local cover image
Local cover image
Local cover image

On the Waterfront Elia Kazan [videorecording]=

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Summary language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: The Criterion Collection ; Vol. 647Publication details: USA Horizon Pictures 1954Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:
  • PN1997 .O508 1954
Summary: From case cover: 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 fro best picture, director, actor, supporting actress and screenplay. From IMDb: Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C PN1997 .O508 1954 d.1 Available 003194
DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C PN1997 .O508 1954 d.2 Available 003195
Books Books SILC Learning Support Services DH132AA - Receiption/Circulation PN1997 .O508 1954 Available 003196

Special features include:
- Audio commentary by authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young
- New conversation between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones
- Elia Kazan: An Outside (1982), an hour-long documentary
- New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with scholars Leo Braudy, critic David Thomson, and others
- New interview with actor Eva Marie Saint
- Interview with director Elia Kazan from 2001
- Contender: Mastering the Method, a 2001 documentary on the film's most famous scene
- New interview with longshoreman Thomas Hanley, an actor in the film
- New interview with author James T. Fisher about the real-life people and places behind the film

From case cover:
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 fro best picture, director, actor, supporting actress and screenplay.

From IMDb:
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.

Blu-ray video; DTS-HD MA 5.1; surround; 1080p; Region A; 1.66:1 as 16:9 widescreen.

English audio. Optional English subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer

Local cover image Local cover image