On the Waterfront
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Architecture Review: Dallas's New Theater, Opera House...to the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas Iwan Baan For a long time the city of Dallas has been like Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. It wants to be a contender, a world-class city. It already has a few of the prerequisites a... In this article: Dallas, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Pritzker Prize, New York City, Opera House, Renzo Piano, and I.M. Pei |
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The Huffington Post | November 06, 2009
Kim Morgan: Words From the Saint, Eva Marie
"I'm from the Actor's Studio. You don't depend on anyone else but yourself and all the other actors you're working with. With On the Waterfront, the Kazan set was pretty much closed -- it was very quiet. He would whisper in your ear when...
In this article: Eva Marie Saint, Marlon Brando, Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest, Cary Grant, and Oscar
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Chicago Sun-Times | November 06, 2009
A Hitchcock classic hits 50
...Martin Landau (in his first film) as Leonard, his creepy henchman. Eva Marie Saint, fresh from an Oscar-winning performance in "On the Waterfront," is the mysterious woman Roger meets on a train, who may or may not be working for the bad...
In this article: Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Landau, North by Northwest, Ernest Lehman, Bergdorf Goodman, and MGM
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South Bend Tribune | November 05, 2009
Actors revisit 'Northwest' at 50
Saint had just given birth to a daughter when she received the script to "North by Northwest." An Oscar winner for 1954's "On the Waterfront," she says that when she read the script she was a bit surprised that her character didn't make...
In this article: Martin Landau, Eva Marie Saint, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest, James Mason, Don Draper, Oscar, and Styrofoam
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Chicago Tribune | November 04, 2009
Celebrating 'North by Northwest'
...interest. Saint had just given birth to a daughter when she received the "North by Northwest" script. An Oscar winner for 1954's "On the Waterfront," she recalls that when she read the script she was a bit surprised that her character...
In this article: Martin Landau, Eva Marie Saint, North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Oscar, James Mason, Don Draper, DVD, and Blu-ray
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New York Post | November 02, 2009
Still 'North by North'-best 50 years later
...3, 2009 Posted: 12:30 AM, November 3, 2009 Eva Marie Saint was best known for playing Marlon Brando's mousy girlfriend in "On the Waterfront" when Alfred Hitchcock asked her to be a sexy double agent in "North by Northwest. " "I had...
In this article: Eva Marie Saint, Cary Grant, North by Northwest, Chicago, Alfred Hitchcock, Blu-ray, Bergdorf Goodman, and Roman Polanski
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washingtonpost.com | October 31, 2009
Last-minute travel: Taking in Toronto, old and new
...core, and squint. Add a bit of rain, turn down the lights and you could be an extra in a Marlon Brando flick: Toronto meets "On the Waterfront." This area, a national historic site, is considered one of the best examples of preserved...
In this article: Toronto, Frank Gehry, Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street, Canada, Titanium, and Toronto Star
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washingtonpost.com | October 30, 2009
The TV column: Ricky Gervais, 'V,' Scenery Chewing
...directed by the enormously talented Elia Kazan, who also directed "Streetcar Named Desire," "Gentleman's Agreement," and "On the Waterfront." I absolutely recommend it though, I will warn you, you will never look at "The Andy Griffith...
In this article: Lisa de Moraes, Ricky Gervais, Glee, A Face in the Crowd, Rose McGowan, TCM, Ann Curry, Washington, D.C., and Darth Vader
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thestar.com | October 24, 2009
Pevere: There was a Method to this director's madness
...travellers" in the American Communist Party, they would have to look elsewhere. A good start might be his movies - director of On the Waterfront, East of Eden, A Face in the Crowd and Splendor in the Grass - one of the most contentious yet...
In this article: Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, East of Eden, Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, Warren Beatty, Boiling point, and Academy Awards
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New Jersey On-Line | October 19, 2009
N.Y. shipping group tries to regain oversight of Port of New York and New Jersey labor
...control of port labor in a move critics claim would open workers to the same kind of mob exploitation that inspired the film "On the Waterfront." Joseph Curto, the Shipping Association's president, asked New York lawmakers today to return...
In this article: New Jersey, New York City, and Bill Perkins
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Reuters | August 05, 2009
On the Waterfront screenwriter Schulberg dies, 95
"On the Waterfront" screenwriter Schulberg dies, 95 Budd Schulberg, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "On the Waterfront" and author of novels such as "The Harder They Fall," has died in New York at age 95. His wife, Betsy Schulberg, told...
In this article: B.P. Schulberg, Marlon Brando, New York City, A Face in the Crowd, What Makes Sammy Run, Budd Schulberg, Paramount Pictures, and Hollywood
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On the Waterfront is a American drama film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard Bernstein. It was based on a series of articles written in the New York Sun by Malcolm Johnson.
As Terry, tormented by his awakening conscience increasingly leans toward testifying, Friendly decides that Terry must be killed unless Charley can coerce him to keep quiet. Charley tries bribing Terry with a plum job, and finally threatens him, but recognizes he has failed to sway Terry, who places the blame for his own downward spiral on his well-off brother. In one of the most famous scenes in movie history, Terry reminds Charley that if it had not been for the fixing of the fight, "I coulda been a contender." Charley gives Terry a gun and advises him to run. Friendly has been spying on the situation, so he has Charley murdered, his body hanged in an alley as bait to get at Terry. Terry sets out to shoot Friendly, but Father Barry obstructs that course of action and finally convinces Terry to fight Friendly by testifying. In a final face-to-face confrontation with Friendly, Terry is finally getting the upper hand in a vicious brawl but is beaten nearly to death by Friendly's goons. The dockworkers declare support of Terry, and only commence work when Terry forces himself to enter the dock. Friendly is defeated as the controller of the longshoremen.
- Name:
- On the Waterfront
- Release Date:
- January 01, 0028
- Directed By:
- Elia Kazan
- Produced by:
- Sam Spiegel
- Written By:
- Budd Schulberg
- Editor:
- Gene Milford
- Cinematography:
- Boris Kaufman, ASC
- Music By:
- Leonard Bernstein
- Distributed By:
- Columbia Pictures
- Length:
- 108 minutes
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