National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (2014)
Director: Benedict Andrews, Nick Wickham Run Time: 174 min. Release Year: 2014
Starring: Ben Foster, Clare Burt, Corey Johnson, Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
About the film:
Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby, and Ben Foster lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
“An absolute knock-out. Raw, emotional and deeply unsettling”
—Telegraph
About the filmmakers:
Benedict Andrews is an Australian theatre and film director, based in Reykjavík. Born in Adelaide in 1972, he was educated at Flinders University Drama Centre. His first feature film Una was released in 2016 after premiering at Telluride Film Festival. Andrews’ second feature, Seberg (2019), premiered at Venice Film Festival.
Nick Wickham is a director of live performance films, working freelance in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe and Australia. He has worked extensively with some of the world’s best-known musical artists, creating concert films for Madonna, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Metallica, Foo Fighters, The Cure, Katy Perry and Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as major Latin music artists such as Shakira, Carlos Santana, Alejandro Sanz and Ivete Sangalo. Wickham is also a multi camera director for the “National Theatre Live” series of live streams to cinema, including A Streetcar Named Desire (2014) with Gillian Anderson and Ivo van Hove’s production of A View from the Bridge (2015) with Mark Strong.
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