Marlon Brando
A Streetcar Named Desire depicts a culture clash between Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh), a pretentious, fading relic of the Old South, and Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), a rising member of the industrial, inner-city immigrant class. Blanche is a Southern belle whose pretensions to virtue and culture...
Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome are on their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech. The conspirators are driven from Rome, and two armies are formed: one side following...
During the Korean War, some American servicemen are stationed in Japan on leave. Once there, they fall in love with Japanese women and find themselves torn between following their own hearts or obeying the prejudicial rules of the American military which forbids interracial marriage. Directed by...
After winning the Best Picture for the first version starring Clark Gable in 1935, MGM pulled out all the stops to remake the true story of the H.M.S. bounty as a multi-million dollar mega-production. Filmed on location, in the 70mm Ultra-Panavision process, and featuring an unforgettable performance...
A slightly dim-witted ex-boxer, working on the docks of Hoboken''s waterfront, is challenged to step up to the mobsters who control the longshoremens' union by appearing before a state commission as witness after his lawyer brother and best friend are rubbed out. He is prodded to this calling by...
During the Vietnam War, the young American Captain Willard is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own: Colonel Kurtz who has apparently gone insane, murdered hundreds of innocent people, and constructed a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle. Willard and his crew embark...
Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Oscar winner Marlon Brando as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Coppola paints a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from father to son. He masterfully balances the story...