Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2036 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-10-02
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: PAL, Special Edition
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 119 minutes

Synopsis
Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy Award Nominations: 12, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Screeplay. Academy Awards: 4, including Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter), and Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden).

Customer Reviews

Don't listen to the synopsis.
The synopsis for this prodoct is awful:

'The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law.'

First, the point of the play was that she wasn't meerly a prostitue- not to mention that we are never explicitly told that she is. Only that she slept around for shelter and food. This is not your average prostution as the synopsis makes out. Also, he brother-in-law isn't just 'childish'- what a stupid thing to say. He has been working class his whole life and is resentful that someone with an 'easy like' (in his opinion) is here lying to people and acting like she is better. He doesnt 'taunt' her like a child. He destroys her sanity further, purposly, sneekily- that is not childish but malicious.

The film is a fantastic adaption of Willliam's masterpeice- about class, and social status- homosexuality- intellect versus animalistic instinct- survival in a harsh world- relationships- society- sexuality- and much more.

The perforamnces of leigh as Blanche and Brando as Stanley are fantastic (leigh is better than Brando thoguh at portraying her character).

The only real flaw is the ending (which I will not spoil). The entire was play was meant to be about how the brutes survive in this world instead of those fragile ones who mean well. Yet the ending was changed completely- so you will not recieve the same message after watching this that was originally intended with the play. I reccomend buying the play and reading it before watching this. Though it is still great.