On the waterfront
(DVD) 

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2013.
Format
DVD
Edition
Three-DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781604656602, 1604656603
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (41 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm). 
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2013.
Edition
Three-DVD special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781604656602, 1604656603
UPC
715515101615

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
General Note
Based upon an original story by Budd Schulberg; suggested by articles by Malcolm Johnson.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: 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; Visual essay on the aspect ratio; Trailer. Disc 2: Alternate presentation of 1.85:1 (widescreen) restoration; "I'm standin' over here now" (new making of documentary); New interview with Eva Marie Saint; Interview with Elia Kazan from 2001; New interview with longshoreman Thomas Hanley. Disc 3: Alternate presentation of 1.33:1 (full-screen) restoration; Who is Mr. Big? (new interview with author James T. Fisher about the real-life people and places behind the film); Contender: mastering the method (2001 documentary on the film's most famous scene); Leonard Bernstein's score (visual essay). 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.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; art director, Richard Day ; film editor, Gene Milford ; wardrobe, Flo Transfield ; music by Leonard Bernstein.
Participants/Performers
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Rudy Bond, Don Blackman, Arthur Keegan, Abe Simon, Eva Marie Saint.
Description
Marlon Brando stars as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in an emotional tale of individual failure and institutional corruption. This film presents Terry's deepening moral crisis as he must choose if he will 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.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 5.1; 4K digital restoration.
Language
Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
National Film Registry, 1989.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kazan, E., Schulberg, B., Spiegel, S., Brando, M., Malden, K., Cobb, L. J., Steiger, R., Henning, P., Erickson, L., Westerfield, J., Galento, T., Mauriello, T., Hamilton, J., Heldabrand, J., Bond, R., Blackman, D., Keegan, A., Simon, A., Saint, E. M., Kaufman, B., Day, R., Milford, G., Transfield, F., Bernstein, L., Johnson, M. M. 1., Schickel, R., Young, J., Scorsese, M., Jones, K., Hanley, T., Fisher, J. T., & Almereyda, M. (2013). On the waterfront (Three-DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elia Kazan et al.. 2013. On the Waterfront. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elia Kazan et al.. On the Waterfront Criterion Collection, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kazan, Elia, et al. On the Waterfront Three-DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2013.

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