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The film was based on the true story of a longshoreman who tried to overthrow a corrupt union. In life, he failed; in the film, he succeeds, and today the ending of “On the Waterfront” feels too stagy and upbeat.
When a longshoreman is murdered before he can testify about Friendly's control of the Hoboken waterfront, Terry teams up with the dead man's sister Edie (Eva Marie Saint) and the streetwise...
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- Marlon Brando
- Elia Kazan
Raises important issues about the nature of power. Read Common Sense Media's On the Waterfront review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Karl Malden, Lee Cobb, Marlon Brando
- Elia Kazan
- Columbia Tristar
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Feb 19, 2013 · Even so, the film’s abiding power has everything to do with Kazan’s ability to temper and heighten a style of realism, in the movie’s visual design and through his unrivaled sensitivity to actors—real actors. On the Waterfront earns its status as a masterwork and a classic by breaking free of strict realism to tell a story that is, finally and enduringly, a poetic fable.
Jul 26, 2023 · On the Waterfront (1954) Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. Everett Collection. July 26, 2023 7:32 AM EDT. Elia Kazan is famous for lots of things: for being a founder of the Actors Studio, for ...
On the Waterfront was a critical and commercial success and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. It received twelve Academy Award nominations and won eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, and Best Director for Kazan.
With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger. An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
