On the waterfront

Brando, Marlon. (Added Author). Johnson Malcolm 1904-1976 (Added Author). Kazan, Elia. (Added Author). Malden, Karl. (Added Author). Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Pat Henning, Eva Marie Saint. (Cast).

Summary: Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) rules the waterfront with an iron fist. The police know that he's been responsible for a number of murders, but witnesses play deaf and dumb ("plead D & D"). Washed-up boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) has had an errand-boy job because of the influence of his brother Charley, a crooked union lawyer (Rod Steiger). Witnessing one of Friendly's rub-outs, Terry is willing to keep his mouth shut until he meets the dead dockworker's sister, Edie (Eva Marie Saint). "Waterfront priest" Father Barry (Karl Malden) tells Terry that Edie's brother was killed because he was going to testify against boss Friendly before the crime commission. Because he could have intervened, but didn't, Terry feels somewhat responsible for the death. When Father Barry receives a beating from Friendly's goons, Terry is persuaded to cooperate with the commission.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604656596 :
Physical Description: videorecording
Videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (ca. 108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Blu-ray, special ed.
Publisher: New York : Criterion Collection, c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on a series of articles written for the New York Sun by Malcolm Johnson. Features: audio commentary by authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young; 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 actor Eva Marie Saint; interview with director Elia Kazan from 2001; Contender : mastering the method (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 about the real-life people and places behind the film; visual essay on Leonard Bernstein's score; visual essay on the aspect ratio; trailer; 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. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Participant or Performer Note:	Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Pat Henning, Eva Marie Saint.
Target Audience Note:	PG.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; full screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.