WATCH PARTY: Streetcar Named Desire (1951) dir. Elia Kazan @Mary Pretlow Library

We will be in the 2nd floor conference room for this one, to the left of the elevator/stairs. I saw a video on Youtube that credited Marlon Brando in this movie (and in 1954's On the Waterfront) with popularizing "method acting". Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Vivien Leigh.

RUNTIME: 122 minutes

SYNOPSIS: Based on the play by Tennessee Williams, this renowned drama follows troubled former schoolteacher Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) as she leaves small-town Mississippi and moves in with her sister, Stella Kowalski (Kim Hunter), and her husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando), in New Orleans. Blanche's flirtatious Southern-belle presence causes problems for Stella and Stanley, who already have a volatile relationship, leading to even greater conflict in the Kowalski household.

BLURBS:
"Vivien Leigh gives one of those rare performances that can truly be said to evoke pity and terror." - Pauline Kael, The New Yorker

"Brando's performance as Stanley is one of those rare screen legends that are all they're cracked up to be." - Lloyd Rose, The Washington Post

"Despite the overwhelming power of Brando's performance, Streetcar is one of the great ensemble pieces in the movies." - Roger Ebert