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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
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Director:
Elia KazanWriters:
Tennessee Williams (screen play), Oscar Saul (adaptation), Tennessee Williams (original play "A Streetcar Named Desire")All Cast & Crew
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The Production Code censors demanded 68 script changes from the Broadway staging, while the interference of the Catholic Legion of Decency led to even further cuts, most of them having to do with references to homosexuality and rape. In his memoirs, Tennessee Williams... ...
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A Sailor:
Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois:
Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
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Stanley says that Louisiana utilizes the Napoleonic Code (which was promulgated a year after the Louisiana Purchase). Actually, Louisiana uses as its private law the Louisiana Civil Code. Although it is similar to the Napoleonic Code, it has always been the controlling legal authority in the state.
Alternate Versions
The scene in which Blanche and Stanley first meet was edited a bit to take out some of the sexual tension that both had towards each other when the film was first released in 1951. In 1993, this footage was restored in the "Original Director's Version" of the film. The three minutes of newly-added footage sticks out from the rest of the film because Warner Brothers did not bother to restore these extra film elements along with the rest of the movie, leaving them very scratchy due to deterioration.
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Release Date:
1 December 1951Language
English, Spanish
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$1,800,000 (estimated)Gross:
$8,000,000 (USA)
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