…When she got there she met the brute Stan, and the side of New Orleans she hardly knew existed …Blanche, who wanted so much to stay a lady…
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) follows a fading Southern belle who arrives at a cramped French Quarter apartment seeking refuge after personal and financial collapse. As tensions rise between her illusions of gentility and the raw, confrontational masculinity of her sister’s husband, desire, resentment, and psychological strain erode the household’s fragile balance. This psychological drama blends Southern gothic intensity and domestic confrontation in a searing study of repression, fantasy, and emotional disintegration.
Selected disc options for A Streetcar Named Desire
| Extras | Warner BD-ALL/US 2019 | Warner BD-ALL/US/OOP 2012 | Warner DVD-1/US/OOP 2006 | Warner DVD-1/US/OOP 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Actor Karl Malden, Moderated by Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| Elia Kazan: A Director’s Journey | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| An Actor Named Brando | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| Censorship and Desire | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| North and the Music of the South | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| A Streetcar in Hollywood | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| A Streetcar on Broadway | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| Audio Outtakes | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| Outtakes | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| Marlon Brando Screen Test | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| Biographies | has extra | |||
| Production Notes | has extra | |||
| Re-Release Trailer | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| Theatrical Trailer | has extra | has extra | has extra | |
| United Artists Reissue Trailer | has extra | has extra | has extra |
Notes
- Warner’s 2019 “Archive Collection” Blu-ray is also available in the “Tennessee Williams Collection” box set with Baby Doll (1956), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962).
- Warner’s 2012 DigiBook Blu-ray includes a 40-page booklet.
- Warner’s 2006 “Two-Disc Special Edition” DVD is also available in the “Tennessee Williams Film Collection” box set with Baby Doll (1956), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), The Night of the Iguana (1964) and Tennessee Williams’ South (1973).
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