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Academy's "Monday Nights with Oscar®" Screening Series Presents "On the Waterfront"
Screening to Celebrate Film’s 50th Anniversary

Marlon Brando starred in the 1954 Academy Award®-winning drama "On the Waterfront," which received 12 Oscar® nominations and won eight. In addition to the film winning the Oscar for Best Picture, Brando was honored with the Best Actor Oscar for his role of ex-prize fighter Terry Malloy. ©A.M.P.A.S.®

March 12, 2004

New York, NY — The 1954 Best Picture-winning film "On the Waterfront" will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a screening in New York on Monday, March 22. Presented as the next entry in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ monthly series "Monday Nights with Oscar," "On the Waterfront" will screen at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International.

Budd Schulberg, who won the Oscar for writing the story and screenplay for "On the Waterfront," is scheduled to attend.

The screening will be hosted by Julian Schlossberg, producer of "Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey," a documentary about the life of "On the Waterfront" director Elia Kazan, who won his second Academy Award(R) for his work on the film.

"On the Waterfront" starred Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, a dockworker who struggles against his corrupt union bosses. Brando won his first Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the film. Eva Marie Saint co-starred as Brando's love interest Edie Doyle, a performance that garnered Saint the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

The film also won Academy Awards(R) for Art Direction (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Black-and-White), Directing, Film Editing, Writing (Story and Screenplay) and Best Picture.

Additional Academy Award nominations included Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) and Best Supporting Actor nominations for Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden and Rod Steiger.

This print of "On the Waterfront" is from the Academy Film Archive and will screen courtesy of Sony Entertainment.

Tickets for the screening are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid I.D. Tickets may be reserved over the phone by calling 888-778-7575. All orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Pending availability, tickets may be purchased in person the night of the screening when the doors open at 7:00 p.m. The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International is located at 111 East 59th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. To sign up for the Academy Foundation mailing list, please visit the Academy's website at www.oscars.org.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences