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On the Waterfront (1954)
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Marlon Brando's famous "I coulda been a contenda" speech is such a warhorse by now that a lot of people probably feel they've seen this picture already, even if they haven't. And many of those who have seen it may have forgotten how flat-out thrilling it is. For all its great dramatic and cinematic qualities, and its fiery social criticism, Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront is also one of the most gripping melodramas of political corruption and individual heroism ever made in the United States, a five-star gut-grabber. Shot on location around the docks of Hoboken, New Jersey, in the mid-1950s, it tells the fact-based story of a...
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On the Waterfront Movie Review by Jarrod  (5/15/2008) |
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It is amazing how many people have probably never seen 'On the Waterfront' and yet believe they have because they recognize its most famous bit of dialogue, Brando's "I coulda been a contender" speech, delivered by his character Terry Malloy, to his brother Charlie (Rod Steiger). This is a layered monologue in which...
(complete On the Waterfront review by Jarrod)
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