''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a 1995 American

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produced and directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Alec Baldwin,

Jessica Lange Jessica Phyllis Lange (; born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors ...

, John Goodman and

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. It aired on

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on October 29, 1995. Based on the 1947 play by

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, it follows a 1951 adaptation starring Marlon Brando and a 1984 television adaptation. The film was adapted from a 1992 Broadway revival of the play, also starring Baldwin and Lange.

Plot summary

Cast

* Alec Baldwin as

Stanley Kowalski Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. In the play Stanley lives in the working-class Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans with his wife, Stella ( DuBois), and is employed ...

as Blanche DuBois * John Goodman as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell *

as Stella Kowalski *

Frederick Coffin Frederick D. Coffin (January 16, 1943 – July 31, 2003) was an American film actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. Early life Coffin was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1943 to actress Winifred Deforest Coffin and writer Dean Coffin, and was ...

as Steve * Carlos Gómez as Pablo * Jerry Hardin as The Doctor * Patricia Herd as The Matron *

Matt Keeslar Matthew Keeslar (born October 15, 1972) is an American retired actor and practicing PA-C (certified physician assistant). He is an instructor of urology at the Oregon Health & Science University's School of Medicine. Life and career Matthew ...

as Collector *

Tina Lifford Tina may refer to: People * Tina (given name), people and fictional characters with the given name ''Tina'' Places *Tina, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *Tina, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia *Tina, Guadalcanal, Solomon ...

as The Neighbor * Rondi Reed as Eunice * Carmen Zapata as Flower Seller

Awards

In 1996, Jessica Lange won a

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Golden Globe for her performance in this film. It was nominated for several other awards including four Emmy Awards.

References

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