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On the Waterfront
4K Digital Restoration
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger,
“I coulda had class,” says failed fighter Terry Malloy with all the bruised brilliance Marlon Brando could muster. Maybe so, but On the Waterfront did have class—class acting, class writing, class cinematography, and class warfare. Controversial for its allegations of corruption in the longshoremen’s union, the production itself was chock-full of friendly witnesses at the HUAC hearings, director Kazan, writer Budd Schulberg, and actor Lee J. Cobb among them. Still, Brando’s damaged dockworker, deserted by his brother (Rod Steiger) and vigorously defended by Father Barry (Karl Malden), stands as a memorable Method performance amid a coarse realism drafted by that left-leaning lenser Boris Kaufman.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Budd Schulberg
Based On
The articles “Crime on the Waterfront” by Malcolm Johnson
Cinematographer
- Boris Kaufman
Language
- English
Print Info
- B&W
- 4K DCP
- 108 mins
Source
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
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On the waterfront (review), Village Voice, J. Hoberman, 2004
On the waterfront (program note), London Film Festival, Clyde Jeavons, 2004
On the waterfront (review), Village Voice, Tom Allen, 1986
On the waterfront (distributor materials), Kit Parker Films, Dane Wilsonne, 1979
Book excerpt (book excerpt), Pauline Kael
Sur les quais... (postcard), Editions F. Nugeron
On the waterfront (review), William Hogan
The beat of a pulse (review)
Brando on the waterfront (review), Saturday Review
On the waterfront (review), Commonweal, Philip T. Hartung
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