The Criterion Collection

The Fugitive Kind

Edition no. 515

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  • Release Date: January 14 2020
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $39.95
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MGM Home Entertainment
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Four Oscar-winning actors—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—sink their teeth into this enthralling film, which brings together the legendary talents of director Sidney Lumet and writer Tennessee Williams. A smoldering, snakeskin-jacketed Brando is Val Xavier, a drifter trying to go straight. He finds work and solace in a southern small-town variety store run by the married, sexually frustrated Lady Torrance (Magnani), who proves as much a temptation for Val as local wild child Carol Cutrere (Woodward). Lumet captures the intense, fearless performances and Williams’s hot-blooded storytelling and social critique with his customary restraint, resulting in a drama of uncommon sophistication and craft.
  • Year: 1959
  • Time: 122 min.

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Format: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English 1.0 PCM Mono
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Subtitles: English
Region: A
Discs: 1 Disc |  BD-50

Supplements

  • New video interview with Sidney Lumet
  • Three Plays by Tennessee Williams, an hour-long television presentation of one-act plays, directed by Lumet in 1958, with Ben Gazzara and Lee Grant, among others
  • New video program discussing the playwright’s work in Hollywood and The Fugitive Kind
  • A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thomson

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