Blu-ray
On the waterfront
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Two-disc Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Eva Marie Saint, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, John Hamilton.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (108 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (41 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
Marlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in this raggedly emotional tale of individual failure and social corruption. This film follows Terry's deepening moral crisis as he must decide whether to remain loyal to the mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly and Johnny's right-hand man, Terry's brother, Charley, as the authorities close in on them.
Notes
Based upon an original story by Budd Schulberg; suggested by articles by Malcolm Johnson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio ; audio commentary by authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young ; new conversation between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones ; Elia Kazan: an 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, a 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 ; alternate presentations of the restoration in two additional aspect ratios: 1.85:1 (widescreen) and 1.33:1 (full-screen).
Contents
- Disc 1. 4k restoration (1.66:1 aspect ratio)
- Disc 2. Alternate presentations of the restoration in two additional aspect ratios: 1.85:1 (widescreen) and 1.33:1 (full-screen).
Subjects
- Waterfronts > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Stevedores > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Boxers (Sports) > Drama.
- Brothers > Drama.
- Labor unions > Corrupt practices > Drama.
- Corruption > Drama.
- Organized crime > Drama.
- Clergy > Drama.
- Alienation (Social psychology) > Drama.
- New York (N.Y.) > Drama.