#647: KAZAN, Elia: On The Waterfront (1954)
KAZAN, Elia (United States)
With author James T. Fisher about the real-life people and places behind the film.
Visual essay 1
On Leonard Bernstein’s score.
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On The Waterfront [1954]
Spine #647
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
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.
108 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2013
Director/Writers
Suggested by articles by Malcolm Johnson.
Based upon an original story by Budd Schulberg.
Screenplay by Schulberg.
Elia Kazan was 45 when he directed On the Waterfront.
Other Kazan films in the Collection:
#970: A Face In The Crowd (1957)
The Film
Other Kazan films in the Collection:
#970: A Face In The Crowd (1957)
The Film
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The Booklet
Forty-eight page 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 Schulberg.
Commentary
By authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young.
Conversation
Between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones.
Elia Kaan: An Outsider (1982)
An hour-long documentary.
Documentary
On the making of the film, featuring interviews with scholar Leo Braudy, critic David Thomson, and others.
Interview 1
With actor Eva Marie Saint.
Interview 2
With director Kazan from 2001.
Contender: Mastering the Method
A 2001 documentary on the film’s most famous scene.
Interview 3
With longshoreman Thomas Hanley, an actor in the film.
Interview 460
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Forty-eight page 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 Schulberg.
Commentary
By authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young.
Conversation
Between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones.
Elia Kaan: An Outsider (1982)
An hour-long documentary.
Documentary
On the making of the film, featuring interviews with scholar Leo Braudy, critic David Thomson, and others.
Interview 1
With actor Eva Marie Saint.
Interview 2
With director Kazan from 2001.
Contender: Mastering the Method
A 2001 documentary on the film’s most famous scene.
Interview 3
With longshoreman Thomas Hanley, an actor in the film.
With author James T. Fisher about the real-life people and places behind the film.
On Leonard Bernstein’s score.
Visual essay 2
On the aspect ratio.
On the aspect ratio.
Of the restoration in two additional aspect ratios: 1:85:1 (widescreen) and 1:33:1 (full-screen).
Extras Rating (0-40):
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