End of the line longing (1984)

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Movie
German title End of the line longing
Original title A Streetcar Named Desire
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1984
length 115-119 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Erman
script Oscar Saul
production Marc Trabulus
music Marvin Hamlisch
camera Bill Butler
cut Jerrold L. Ludwig
occupation
synchronization

A Streetcar Named Desire is an American television - Drama by John Erman from the year 1984 . The literary film adaptation is based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams . Ann-Margret as Blanche DuBois, Treat Williams as her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, Beverly D'Angelo as Blanche's sister Stella DuBois-Kowalski and Randy Quaid as Mitch Mitchell, who is interested in Blanche , star in the lead roles .

action

After Blanche DuBois lost her house in Laurel , Mississippi , she traveled to New Orleans to live with her sister Stella Kowalski to live there for a while. Since she has also lost her job as a teacher due to a nervous breakdown, she hopes for some relaxation with Stella. But when she arrives at Elysian Field 632, Blanche is shocked by the circumstances in which her younger sister lives. Blanche also has a bad opinion of Stella's husband, the Polish-born worker Stanley Kowalski, because the DuBois have completely different claims because of their aristocratic origins. Stanley, however, does not put up with this arrogance in his house. He quickly becomes aggressive and is not ready to get used to the uninvited guest. He also completely loses his temper when he feels disturbed by the volume of Blanches radio during a poker game with his friends. He storms into her room, throws the radio out the window, and then looks for Stella to hit her. His friends are just barely able to keep him from seriously harming his wife. Moments later, he is sorry for everything and runs outside into the rain to call for her. Stella hears his passionate, desperate scream, walks up to him and hugs and kisses him.

The next morning, Blanche is appalled that Stella just forgives her husband for his wrongdoing. She must part with Stanley, this beast, this uncivilized barbarian. But Stella not only thinks that Blanche overestimates the harmless situation, but also provokes further problems with her attitude. Your passion for Stanley continues unbroken. Blanche also knows what passion is, because when a young man from the Evening Star appears later , she flirts so hard with the youngster that a passionate kiss follows. With the nice Mitch she would actually have a man she should kiss. Only she holds back with him and rarely gives him more than a hug. But on an evening date with him, she tells him her story of suffering. She was once married and only realized too late that her husband was homosexual. However, since she loved him, she stayed with him. But when the neighbors noticed his homosexuality, he killed himself with a shot in the head. After this revelation, Blanche accepts Mitch's proposal of marriage.

But in the meantime Stanley has asked around to check Blanche's story. Almost everything she said turns out to be a lie. She didn't lose her job as a teacher because of a nervous breakdown, but because she got involved with a 17-year-old boy. Also, she wasn't popular and spent time with several men in seedy hotels. Stanley is determined to warn Mitch so he doesn't marry the wrong woman. But when he tells Stella about his plan, she doesn't want to know anything about it. Blanche, however, notices after a while that something is wrong because Mitch hasn't contacted her for a long time. But one evening he appears at her home completely relaxed and wants to know what is wrong with her. She confesses to him all of her lies. After the death of her husband she was without a hold in her life and tried to find safety again with all these men's stories. She only succeeded in doing this with Mitch. Even though Mitch is angry, he still desires Blanche and kisses her. But since she had been indecent, she was unsuitable for him as a wife and his mother would not accept Blanche either. A marriage would therefore no longer be an option for him. Blanche reacts hysterically, and finally yells around so loud that Mitch takes flight.

When Stanley comes home that evening, he finds a completely drunk, dancing Blanche. She fantasizes to herself that she is ready for a cruise to the Caribbean that a millionaire from Dallas bought her, the cultured lady. Stanley listens skeptically to her before exposing her fantasies as lies. Blanche reacts hysterically, opens a bottle on the edge of the table and threatens Stanley with it. He gets angry, overwhelmed and raped her. This traumatic experience leads to Blanche only fantasizing about being on a cruise in the following period. Since she has lied several times, no one believes her, including Stella, that she was raped by Stanley.

Blanche's condition worsens, so that Stella has to make the decision with a heavy heart to have her sister admitted while she is allowed to feel safe in the arms of her beloved Stanley.

production

Production notes, background

The film was produced by Keith Barish Productions, distributed by the American Broadcastging Company (ABC).

Shortly before his death sold Williams the television rights for 750,000 US dollars . He still knew who was being cast and gave his approval for the choice of director. While actors such as Richard Gere , Nick Nolte and Mickey Rourke were available for the role of Stanley Kowalski, only Ann-Margret was selected for Blanche. However, she could no longer get to know Williams herself. Her acceptance came on February 24, 1983, the day before the writer choked on a bottle stopper for nasal spray or eye drops.

To make the Southern accent credible, Ann-Margret prepared for it by spending a weekend with a 20-person ladies' group in Montgomery , Alabama . She recorded the conversations and then used them later to better memorize the accent.

In the film the title Til the Blues Get Gone by Marvin Hamlisch and Dean Pitchford is heard .

publication

The film eventually aired on Sunday March 4, 1984 on ABC . The German-language release took place on October 22, 1992, the day the film was released on VHS . The film was released on DVD by Polar Film and Medien GmbH on March 15, 2017.

The film was also released in Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Ukraine and Venezuela.

Further films

see Endstation Sehnsucht → Films

reception

criticism

Jeff Jarvis of People magazine said that Ann-Margret with "Tennessee Williams wonderful lines" proves that she "[can] play." In general, the film is one of the “best shows of the year”.

The lexicon of international film stated: “Almost verbatim, close to the theater (television) remake of the play by Tennessee Williams about the inexorable disintegration of apparent civil decency. Without adding new aspects to the drama, she relies entirely on the outstanding leading actors. "

On the English page Ferdy on Films , the film versions from 1951 by Elia Kazan and from 1984 by John Erman are compared. Ann-Margret's physicality compared to Vivien Leigh's fragility also works in her favor, it says there. Quaid is the perfect Mitch, meek and friendly when he is allowed to be himself, while in a drunken state, disaffected, he is prone to rash and cruel behavior. Karl Malden, on the other hand, is almost a complete misfire in this role. Beverly D'Angelo is a great Stella. The question of whether Treat Williams would make Marlon Brando forget probably wasn't answered with, but he was also a sexy man. Although his violence does not explode like an inferno with Brando, you can see the pressure that he is under. Erman take a leisurely pace, give his actors space to underline the moods and actions of their characters. Finally, it is said that both versions of the film are good works, but you are missing out on a real treasure if you only know Kazan's film.

The editor Björn Backes of Power Metal believes that John Erman has a "difficult legacy" when remaking the classic. “Right from the start” he had no good cards, “since in Treat Williams he was only able to find an average representative in the role of Brando imitator”. Even if it could possibly be due to the German dubbing, "Williams never managed to escape the shadow of the venerable superstar in any phase of the two-hour melodrama". Ann-Margret, on the other hand, played "her role with passion and dedication" [...] and Beverly D'Angelo was "hardly inferior to her in this regard, although Ann-Margret referred her to the right place in a direct comparison". “All in all” one could nevertheless “speak of an entertaining remake, which one shouldn't claim” to be able to compete with the original, but which for a long time still undermines the spirit of the classic Fifties and keep him alive thanks to the great female cast.

Awards (selection)

Golden Globe Awards 1985

Primetime Emmy Awards 1985

  • "Best Production Design": James Hulsey & George R. Nelson
  • "Best Cinematography": Bill Butler
  • "Best editing": Jerrold L. Ludwig
  • "Best Sound Mix": Richard Raguse, William L. McCaughey, Mel Metcalfe & Terry Porter
  • Nomination in the category "Best Drama / Comedy"
  • "Best Actress": Nomination for Ann-Margret
  • "Best Supporting Actor": Nomination for Treat Williams
  • "Best Supporting Actress": Nomination for Beverly D'Angelo
  • "Best Costume Design": Nomination for Travilla
  • "Best Director": Nomination for John Erman
  • Nomination for the "Best Sound Editing"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Carol Wallace: Is This Trip Necessary? Ann-Margret and Treat Williams Hop Aboard a TV Remake of Streetcar
    In: people.com , August 15, 1983, accessed May 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ Endstation Sehnsucht (1984) see jpc.de (including images, DVD case)
  3. ↑ Jeff Jarvis: Picks and Pans Review: A Streetcar Named Desire on people.com, February 27, 1984, accessed May 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ End of the line longing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 20, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ A Streetcar Named Desire (1951/1984) see ferdyonfilms.com (English). Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ End station Sehnsucht see page powermetal.de. Retrieved March 20, 2019.