On the Waterfront

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American film crime drama film film

On the Waterfront is a landmark 1954 American crime drama film starring Marlon Brando, renowned for its powerful performances and exploration of corruption and moral courage on the New Jersey docks.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → crime drama film → film →
aspectRatio	1.37:1 →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) → Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
basedOn	articles by Malcolm Johnson →
cinematographyBy	Boris Kaufman →
colorProcess	black-and-white →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
dealsWith	testifying against organized crime →
director	Elia Kazan →
distributedBy	Columbia Pictures →
editedBy	Gene Milford NERFINISHED →
filmingLocation	Hoboken, New Jersey NERFINISHED →
genre	crime film → drama film →
includedIn	National Film Registry →
leadActor	Marlon Brando →
leadCharacter	Terry Malloy →
musicBy	Leonard Bernstein →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
notableQuote	I coulda been a contender. →
originalLanguage	English →
portrays	longshoremen → union corruption →
producer	Sam Spiegel →
productionCompany	Horizon Pictures →
recognizedAs	landmark American film →
releaseDate	1954-07-28 →
releaseYear	1954 →
runtimeMinutes	108 →
screenwriter	Budd Schulberg →
setInLocation	New Jersey docks →
starring	Eva Marie Saint → Karl Malden → Lee J. Cobb → Marlon Brando → Rod Steiger →
theme	corruption → labor racketeering → moral courage →
timePeriodOfSetting	early 1950s →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elia Kazan → Elia Kazan → Marlon Brando → Rod Steiger →	notableWork
Elia Kazan → Elia Kazan →	directed
Elia Kazan →	academyAwardsWonFor
Rod Steiger →	portrayedIn