Marlon Brando
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Exhaustively researched and almost flirtatiously opinionated, When Blanche Met Brando is everything a fan needs to know about the ground-breaking New York and London stage productions of Williams' "Streetcar" as well as the classic Brando/Leigh film. Sam Staggs' interviews with all the living cast members of each production will enhance what's known about the play and movie, and help make this book satisfying as both a pop culture read and as a deeper...
5) The Men
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1950.
Language
English
Description
In this emotional drama, the incomparable Marlon Brando plays former GI, Ken, who has become paralyzed as a result of the war. After fighting through an intense battle with depression following his injuries, Ken soon focuses on his physical therapy and eventually believes that he may gain the use of his limbs again. But after falling in love and marrying the woman of his dreams, problems arise that puts Ken right back into the hospital. Nominated...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
When their parents died in an accident, Flora and Miles were looked after by their governess, Miss Jessel and the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But it is Peter Quint (Marlon Brando), the Irish servant, who really rules the house and particularly Miss Jessel who submits herself totally to him. Under Quint's influence, the children receive a fiendish initiation. Nominated for a **BAFTA Award** for Best Actor (Marlon Brando).
8) The freshman
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Clark Kellogg, a naive student, accepts a job working for Carmine Sabatini, a powerful New York importer. As Clark finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into an ingenious scam, the FBI asks him to snitch on his colorful employer.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Horse thief Tom Logan has set his sights on the horses and daughter of rancher David Braxton. However, Braxton has hired the infamous Lee Clayton to make sure that his possessions are safe and that any horse thief is stopped in his tracks.
11) The wild one
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Description
Johnny is the leader of a vicious biker gang which invades a small, sleepy California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hellbent for destruction until he falls for Kathie, a "good girl" whose father happens to be a cop.
13) Sayonara
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
An American Air Force major on leave in Japan after the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese actress. When they declare their love openly, they find themselves scorned equally by both the Japanese and the Americans.
14) The formula
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
35 years after the disappearance of a formula developed by Germany during World War II to derive cheap, pollution-free gasoline from coal, a Los Angeles detective is on the brink of unearthing the secret which could change the couse of world history.
15) The young lions
Series
Publisher
Key Video
Pub. Date
c1987.
Language
English
Description
The film tells the story of World War II from the American and the German perspectives.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Okinawa 1946 - occupied by American troops whose assignment is to bring democracy to the inhabitants. The captain in charge is a well-meaning but inept loser, and faces a wily Oriental interpreter and a determined geisha girl, along with villagers who know how to take advantage of foreign occupation!
19) The chase
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
The moral foundation of a small Texas town is torn apart in this explosive drama about power and greed. When a convict (Robert Redford) escapes from prison and is reported to be heading towards his hometown, the news evokes various reactions from many of the town's residents. The sheriff (Marlon Brando) must find the fugitive before a drunken and bloodthirsty mob does.