A Streetcar Named Desire - BluRay [Blu-ray]

Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin revive their Broadway performances as Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams famed A Streetcar Named Desire. Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans following World War II, Williams story follows Blanche (Lange), a flirtatious Southern belle who adds sexual tension and a range of difficulties to the Kowalski house when she moves in with her sister Stella (Diane Lane) and brother-in-law Stanley (Baldwin). A Streetcar Named Desire also stars Lane (Under The Tuscan Sun, Unfaithful) and John Goodman (Roseanne) and is directed by Glenn Jordan (To Dance with the White Dog). The made-for-TV 1995 adaptation was nominated for four Emmys including Outstanding Lead Actor, Actress and Supporting Actor. The film also earned Lange a Golden Globe for her starring role.

Industrialist Cornelis van Doorn (Kees Brusse) got so filthy rich because he wasted nothing... as demonstrated by how he turned the animal hormone waste from his slaughterhouses into a side business of birth control pills. The time came, though, when he had to choose a successor from amongst his kids, legitimate or otherwise-and the only competent candidate (Rudolf Lucieer) was cursed with ethics. Sexy satire co-stars Andrea Domburg, Hugo Metsers, Sonja Barend. 107 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Dutch; Subtitles English; audio commentary; bonus short InchFestival of LoveInch (1969); image gallery; theatrical trailers. In Dutch with English subtitles.

Thorton Wilder's touching story of life in a New Hampshire town stars William Holden and Martha Scott as a young couple looking to the future. Six Oscar nominations went to director Sam Wood's version of this Pulitzer Prize winning drama, including one for Best Picture, and one for Aaron Copland's original score. Also, look for two of Hollywood's great character performers, Guy Kibbee and Beulah Bondi as Mr. And Mrs. Webb, and Thomas Mitchell as good ol' Doc Gibbs! Newly restored in HD.