On The Waterfront (PG)

★★★★★ If ever a movie deserved its eight Oscars, it was this one. ~ Radio Times.

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Winner of eight Oscars – including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay – On the Waterfront returns to the big screen in a new 4K restoration for its 70th anniversary. 

Marlon Brando gives one of his defining performances as Terry Malloy: a longshoreman who finds himself drawn into an increasingly bitter dispute with the New York City dockers’ Union. 

By turns searing and elegiac, On the Waterfront is a tragedy of American corruption, redemption and coulda-been contenders. Two years prior to its release, director Elia Kazan infamously testified against fellow filmmakers before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. On the Waterfront marked the beginning of the controversial next chapter in his career. 

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★★★★★ "On the Waterfront" retains the freshness of an original - exploring the difficulties and corruptions of working stiffs with a realism, sensitivity and intelligence that has seldom been matched since. ~ BBC.

★★★★★ ~ Sky Cinema.

★★★★★ ~ Total Film.

★★★★★ ~ Time Out.

★★★★★ ~ AllMovie.

★★★★ ~ Empire.