On the Waterfront - 1954
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On the Waterfront

Updated: 18 Jul 2022
Directors:
Elia Kazan Budd Schulberg Sam Spiegel Leonard Bernstein Boris Kaufman Gene Milford Richard Day Jim Shields George Justin Budd Schulberg Malcolm Johnson Mary Roche Fred Carlton Ryle Bill Herman Anna Hill Johnstone Flo Transfield
Actors:
Marlon Brando Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Pat Henning Eva Marie Saint Leif Erickson James Westerfield Tony Galento Tami Mauriello John F. Hamilton John Heldabrand Rudy Bond Don Blackman Arthur Keegan Abe Simon Martin Balsam Michael V. Gazzo Fred Gwynne Pat Hingle Scottie MacGregor Nehemiah Persoff
Genre:
Drama, Crime
Country: no data
Year: 1954
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
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There’s still nobody doing what he does in that movie. And so that really changed everything for me. Also, there was something really exciting and sad about the whole political aspect of that movie. The whole blacklisting thing.
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If I could watch only 5 movies for the rest of my life, I’d choose: 1. The Godfather 2. Casablanca 3. It’s a Wonderful Life 4. On The Waterfront 5. When Harry Met Sally
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In a 2013 issue of Batman and Robin, penned by Peter J. Tomasi. In it, Bruce Wayne finds a list of movies that Clark had recommended to Bruce’s son, Damian.
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De Niro’s own favorite films examine this theme: Marlon Brando’s Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Montgomery Clift’s George Eastman in A PLACE IN THE SUN, Brando’s Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT and James Dean’s Cal Trask in EAST OF EDEN. Each explores one man’s struggle as he confronts the unpredictability of the human condition.
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I remember when I saw On the Waterfront for the first time. With that, it was kind of the chemistry between Brando and Eva Marie Saint that was so gorgeous to watch on screen. And that’s a wonderful film to go back to.
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While talking about his preferences, in an interview, Willis said: “Here are my top 5 or 6 movies, which I generally watch 3 to 5 times a year. Dr. Strangelove, Raging Bull, The first 2 Godfathers, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Spartacus, Bridge on the River Kwai, Bullitt, the Great Escape, On the Waterfront, Reservoir Dogs, Patton.“
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Who do you want to shoot a love scene with? - Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront."
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I'd probably say 'On the Waterfront.' It's [Marlon] Brando at... his all-time best. It's Elia Kazan, who is one of the all-time great directors. And it's just the perfect mix of great storytelling, social commentary and great acting. It's political and still relevant. Those themes are still happening today. It's universal. Coming from the theater, to tell those kind of stories in film, is what's really exciting to me.
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He continued: "I always tell people that a really great movie is a movie that puts you in the mood for the movie while you watch. If you watch Lawrence Of Arabia, To Kill A Mockingbird or if you watchOn The Waterfront, the movie really, really just puts a spell on you.
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The spontaneity, the aliveness, the effortlessness, the pathos, the brutishness, the sensitivity, you just want to keep studying what Brando is doing in that film, and what all the actors are doing, but particularly Brando.
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In fact, Cranston’s favourite film of all time starred Brando in one of the finest performances of a career that almost all actors dream of having one day. That film was On the Waterfront, a classic directed by the great American pioneer Elia Kazan.
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