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Marlon Brando (The Godfather) 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 institutional corruption. On the Waterfront charts Terry’s deepening moral crisis as he must choose whether to remain loyal to the mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (12 Angry Men’s Lee J. Cobb) and Johnny’s right-hand man, Terry’s brother, Charley (In the Heat of the Night’s Rod Steiger), as the authorities close in on them. Driven by the vivid, naturalistic direction of Elia Kazan (Gentlemen’s Agreement) and savory, streetwise dialogue by Budd Schulberg (A Face in the Crowd), On the Waterfront was an instant sensation, winning eight Oscars, including for best picture, director, actor, supporting actress (North by Northwest’s Eva Marie Saint), and screenplay.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Marlon Brando, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden
Directors: Elia Kazan
Format: NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: February 19, 2013
Run Time: 108 minutes
Special Features
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Alternate presentations of the feature restoration in two additional aspect ratios: 1.85:1 (widescreen) and 1.33:1 (full-screen)
Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
Commentary featuring authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young
Cast & Crew
Marlon Brando Terry Malloy
Karl Malden Father Barry
Lee J. Cobb Johnny Friendly
Rod Steiger Charley Malloy
Pat Henning "Kayo" Dugan
Eva Marie Saint Edie Doyle
Martin Balsam Gillette
James Westerfield Big Mac
Tony Galento Truck
Leif Erickson Glover
John Hamilton "Pop" Doyle
John Heldabrand Mott
Rudy Bond Moose
Don Blackman Luke
Arthur Keegan Jimmy
Abe Simon Barney
Barry Macollum J.P.
Mike O'Dowd Specs
Fred Gwynne Slim
Anne Hegira Mrs. Collins
Pat Hingle Bartender, Waiter
Tami Mauriello Tillio
Nehemiah Persoff Cab Driver
Rebecca Sands Police Stenographer
Technical Credits
Elia Kazan Director
Leonard Bernstein Score Composer
Richard Day Art Director
Anna Hill Johnstone Costumes/Costume Designer
George Justin Production Manager
Boris Kaufman Cinematographer
Charles H. Maguire Asst. Director
Gene Milford Editor
Fred C. Ryle Makeup
Budd Schulberg Screenwriter
James Shields Sound/Sound Designer
Sam Spiegel Producer
New conversation between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones
Elia Kazan: Outsider (1982), an hour-long documentary
New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with scholar Leo Braudy, critic David Thomson, and others
New interview with actress Eva Marie Saint
Interview with director Elia Kazan from 2001
Contender, 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 (On the Irish Waterfront) about the real-life people and places behind the film
Visual essay on Leonard Bernstein’s score
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Almereyda and reprints of Kazan’s 1952 ad in the New York Times defending his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee, one of the 1948 New York Sun articles by Malcolm Johnson on which the film was based, and a 1953 Commonweal piece by screenwriter Budd Schulberg
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