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345 STRANGER THAN PARADISESamuel Goldwyn, 1984PRINCIPAL CAST John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard EdsonDIRECTORJim JarmuschPRODUCERSara DriverSCREENWRITER Jim JarmuschA road trip from New York to Cleveland to Miami, where three strangers hang outand actually find a little piece of heaven in the most unexpected locales. “DoesCleveland look a little like, uh, Budapest?”346 STRANGERS ON A TRAINWarner Bros., 1951PRINCIPAL CAST Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth RomanDIRECTORAlfred HitchcockPRODUCERAlfred HitchcockSCREENWRITERS Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield CookTwo strangers on a train, each with a motive to commit murder, swap stories aboutthe possibilities, but the psychotic one goes over the edge. Some of Hitchcock’s mosticonic images still haunt movie audiences: a murder reflected in some eyeglasses andan out-of-control carnival ride in the film’s harrowing finale.347 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREWarner Bros., 1951PRINCIPAL CAST Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl MaldenDIRECTORElia KazanPRODUCERCharles K. FeldmanSCREENWRITERS Tennessee Williams, Oscar SaulRecreating the role that made him a star on Broadway, Brando is Stanley Kowalski,the blue-collared brute married to the sister of a neurotic, fragile, aging Southernbelle named Blanche, who has always depended on the kindness of strangers.348 SULLIVAN’S TRAVELSParamount, 1941PRINCIPAL CAST Joel McCrea, Veronica LakeDIRECTORPreston SturgesPRODUCERSB.G. DeSylva, Paul JonesSCREENWRITER Preston SturgesHugely successful film director John L. Sullivan wants to make a picture that meanssomething, “A true canvas of human suffering.” What he learns on his journey, as hebecomes the architect of his own story is: “There’s a lot to be said for making peoplelaugh. Did you know that that’s all some people have? It isn’t much, but it’s betterthan nothing in this cockeyed caravan.”112 American Film Institute