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On The Waterfront [DVD](1954) DVD Winner of eight Academy Awards, this powerful, brilliantly performed saga focuses on the dreams, despair and corruption of New York City longshoremen. Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint star under Elia Kazan's potent direction. 108 min. English Dolby, audio commentaries; featurette; interview with Kazan; production notes; filmographies; photo gallery; theatrical trailers; scene access.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Original Director's Version [DVD](1951) DVD Winner of four Oscars, Tennessee Williams' drama of lust and madness in New Orleans stars Marlon Brando as brutish Stanley Kowalski and Vivien Leigh as his sister-in-law, neurotic Southern belle Blanche DuBois. With Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. This newly restored edition features a digital soundtrack and four minutes of material which was cut by censors against director Elia Kazan's wishes. 125 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; production notes; scene access.
The Wild One [DVD](1954) DVD Marlon Brando wears leather and sneers like no one else can in the original biker drama, as a motorcycle gang terrorizes a small town until their violence turns member against member. "What are you rebelling against?" "What have you got?" Lee Marvin, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith co-star. 79 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English mono, French; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Sayonara [DVD](1957) DVD Moving tale of race relations and romance stars Marlon Brando as an Army officer, stationed in Japan during the Korean War, who falls for theatrical performer Miiko Taka, only to face prejudice from both sides. James Garner, Ricardo Montalban, and supporting Oscar-winners Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki also star; based on the James Michener novel. 148 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English, Spanish & French Dolby mono; theatrical trailer.
One Eyed Jacks [DVD](1961) DVD Marlon Brando directs (after taking over the helm from Stanley Kubrick) and stars as a ruthless outlaw who escapes from a sadistic prison to exact vengeance upon his one-time partner, who is now the sheriff of a small town. Offbeat psychological Western co-stars Karl Malden, Ben Johnson and Katy Jurado. 141 min.
The Chase [DVD](1966) DVD Tense, powerful drama by Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde") set in a small Texas town. Robert Redford is the prison escapee whom sheriff Marlon Brando wants to bring back alive, but the other townsfolk aren't as fussy. Jane Fonda, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson and Robert Duvall also star; script by Lillian Hellman. 135 min.
A Countess From Hong Kong [DVD](1967) DVD Charlie Chaplin's final directorial effort stars Marlon Brando as a wealthy American diplomat, en route to New York from the Far East on an ocean liner, who falls in love with beautiful Russian countess stowaway Sophia Loren. Romantic comedy features Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Margaret Rutherford and, in a cameo playing an elderly steward, Charlie himself. 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
The Godfather [DVD](1972) DVD Mario Puzo's brutal novel of Mafia life was brilliantly brought to the screen by director Francis Ford Coppola in this landmark drama that redefined the gangster film genre and earned Academy Awards for Best Picture, Screenplay and an (unaccepted) Best Actor Oscar for Marlon Brando as aging mob boss Don Vito Corleone. James Caan, John Cazale, Al Pacino, and Robert Duvall co-star as Corleone's sons, who try to keep the family "business" going in the midst of a mob war; with Diane Keaton, Talia Shire. 175 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Coppola.
Last Tango In Paris [DVD](1973) DVD One of the most controversial films ever made, with Marlon Brando in an electrifying performance as a distraught American who plunges into a wild sexual relationship with a young French girl. Bernardo Bertolucci's mesmerizing drama also stars Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Leaud. Uncut version; 129 min. Widescreen, Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailer.
Superman (Special Edition) [DVD](1978) DVD Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Christopher Reeve is Clark Kent/Superman, going up against notorious criminal Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman). Margot Kidder is Lois Lane. You'll believe a man can fly! Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty co-star. 151 min. Widescreen Audio commentary; "making of" featurettes; screen tests; isolated music score; outtakes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM content.
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