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film extras 1951 Out nOw Dual Format Extras Commentary, Featurettes, Screen test, Outtakes, Booklet

Streetcar picked up acting Oscars for Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden and Kim Hunter – but none, amazingly, for Marlon Brando. Yet his Stanley Kowalski – feral, sweaty, rampantly sexual – is the Brando performance. Director Elia Kazan’s on top form too, having already directed Tennessee Williams’ play on stage. Three minutes cut to pacify the Legion of Decency are restored in this release. Lavish extras include Malden chat-track, Kazan doc and Brando screen test. Philip Kemp