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Uniform Title On the waterfront (Motion picture)
Title On the waterfront / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; an Elia Kazan production ; a Horizon picture ; screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by Elia Kazan.

Publication Info. Culver City, CA : Columbia Pictures Corporation : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [1954]
©2001

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD ON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD ON THE WATERFRONT    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Videos  DVD ON    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  DVD ON    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD CLASSIC FILM ON THE WATERFRONT    DUE 04-10-24
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult DVDs  DVD ON    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  DVD FF F ON    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  DVD ON THE WATERFRONT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Lobby  CLA DVD ON    DUE 04-04-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD ON    Check Shelf

Edition Special edition.
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono; full screen presentation preserving the 1.33:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition; digitally remastered.
Note Based upon an original story by Budd Schulberg, suggested by articles by Malcolm Johnson.
Cast Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Rudy Bond, Don Blackman, Arthur Keegan, Abe Simon, Eva Marie Saint.
Credits Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Gene Milford ; art director, Richard Day ; music, Leonard Bernstein.
Note Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1954.
Audience MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
Summary Terry Malloy is a washed-up ex-prize fighter corrupted along with brother Charley at an early age by a ruthless Mob-connected union boss named Johnny Friendly, who runs the waterfront. Malloy is now an errand-boy for the union, while Charley (in return for a college education) is now a lawyer for them. Malloy assists in the killing of a longshoreman who was talking to the crime commission investigating the union. He soon meets the dead man's agonized sister, Edie Doyle, and has a change of mind. Activist priest Father Barry argues with Malloy about morality, responsibility, and doing the right thing. Malloy's guilt, his romantic feelings for Edie, and an assault on Father Barry overwhelm him and he turns informer. Malloy's defiant testimony before the commission leads to a climactic bloody battle that wrests the union from the boss' tenacious grasp.
Contents Start -- Returning Danny boy -- "Someone fell off the roof." -- Johnny Friendly -- Waterfront commission mugs -- How trigger locals work -- Designated stoolie -- Meeting adjourned -- Getting acquainted -- Lowdown on Terry -- Up on the roof -- Neighborhood saloon -- Wedding party -- Friendly warning -- Dropping a sling on Dugan -- Promise kept -- Terry & Father Barry -- Telling Edie the truth -- Talk of past favors -- "I coulda been a contender." -- At Edie's -- "Charlie's in trouble." -- Waiting for Big John -- Crime Commission hearing -- Pigeon for a pigeon -- "You're a cheap mug!" -- Labor vs. Union -- Finishing what he started.
Note Special features: Commentary with film critic Richard Schickel & Elia Kazan biographer Jeff Young [optional audio feature]; Contender: Mastering the Method [exclusive featurette] (25 min.); A conversation with Elia Kazan [interview] (12 min.); Video photo gallery [slide show] (5 min.); Filmographies [text feature]; Theatrical trailers (8 min.).
Awards Winner, 1954 Venice Film Festival: Italian Film Critics Award and Silver Lion-Elia Kazan; 1955 Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Marlon Brando; Best Actress in a Supporting Role-Eva Marie Saint; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White-Richard Day; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White-Boris Kaufman; Best Film Editing-Gene Milford; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay-Budd Schulberg; Best Director-Elia Kazan; Best Picture-Sam Spiegel.
Language In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Thai; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Local Note Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection.
Subject Corruption -- Drama.
Organized crime -- Drama.
Clergy -- Drama.
Stevedores -- Labor unions -- Corrupt practices -- Drama.
New York (N.Y.) -- Drama.
Schulberg, Budd -- Film adaptations.
Johnson, Malcolm M. (Malcolm Malone), 1904-1976 -- Film adaptations.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Gangster films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Kazan, Elia. Director.
Spiegel, Sam. Producer.
Schulberg, Budd. Screenwriter.
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.
Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- Actor.
Kaufman, Boris. Cinematographer.
Milford, Gene. Film editor.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Composer.
Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Horizon Pictures (G.B.)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN 0767804279
9780767804271
Standard No. 043396784093
Music No. 78409 Columbia Tristar Home Video
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