Edition Statement:Three-DVD special edition
Imprint:[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2013, .
Description1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., b&w, monaural ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture, 1954.
Note:Disc 1. New 4K digital restoration ; Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack ; Audio commentary by authors Richard S. Schickel and Jeff Young ; New conversation between filkmaker martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones ; Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982), an hour long documentary ; Visual essay on the aspect ratio ; Trailer.
Note:Disc 2. Alternate presentation of the restoration in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (widescreen) ; 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 ; New interview with longshoreman Thomas Hanley, and actor in the film.
Note:Disc 3. Alternate presentation of the restoration in the aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (full screen) ; New interviews with author James T. Fisher about the real-life people and places behind the film ; Contender: Mastering the Method, a 2001 documentary on the film's most famous sceen ; Visual essay on Leonard Bernstein's score.
Note:Also contains a 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 Budd Schulberg.
Note:"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, street-wise dialogue by Budd Schulnerg. On the waterfront was an instant sensation winning eight Oscars, including for best picture, director, actor, supporting actress (Eva Marie Saint), and screenplay."--- back of container
Note : PerformerMarlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Eva Marie Saint.
System Details NotesDigital video disc.
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