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Storm Warning Named Desire

posted 17 years ago by plim-3
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Has anyone noticed similarities in this movie to "Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams? Like "Storm Warning," the film adaptation of "Streetcar" came out in 1951, but the play appeared on Broadway in 1949, and the published play was also available in 1949.
In both "Storm Warning" and "Streetcar," an older sister comes to visit her married younger sister, and the brutish husband of the pregnant younger sister spies on the older woman and then rapes her. Luckily, the younger sister comes back, and the rape is thwarted.
Forget the KKK stuff. Substitute Brando for Cochran, and you can almost hear him yelling "...STELLA!"

[–] DamnDrJack 17 years ago

I hate Michael, I hate Walt, and I hate their damn dog Vincin!

[–] abletonyallen 17 years ago

What can the previous post mean?

And why is iy still here?

[–] billyweeds 16 years ago

Totally agree with the near-plagiarism of "Storm Warning" from "Streetcar." If I'm not mistaken (haven't seen either movie for quite a while), isn't the first meeting between sisters (in SW and ASND) in a bowling alley? Or is that my memory playing tricks? In any case, minus the KKK storyline, it's the same plot.

[–] FilmNutgm 15 years ago

Yes! I recently watched the movie after not having seen it in years and that's one of the first things I thought.

[–] vanityfair_713 15 years ago

Noticed that too, but I wasn't sure what the original play was like regarding the details (the packing scene, the t-shirt, etc.).

Found an article about it here...
http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/01/09/a-storm-warning-named-desire-maybe-a-movie-called-wishful-thinking/

Other than that, the only link I can find is that Jerry Wald, producer of Storm Warning, had produced a Tennessee Williams play earlier.

Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me.

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[–] Frequency270 13 years ago

I do think that Steve Cochrane's character Hank Rice was partially plagarized from Streetcar, whether it was a deliberate effort, or just an effort to make Cochrane more like Brando in general I don't know.

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[–] skiddoo 12 years ago

On TCM they said this sort of borrowing was fairly common in the movies of the time. But then studios like to reuse formulas that work, whether through imitation, remaking entire movies, or making sequels and prequels.

[–] FreddiesDead 12 years ago

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[–] timothy8017 10 years ago

HA. Stanley was the first thing that popped into my mind. Spoiler alert? Hell, if you're a movie fan and you see three seconds of the trailer? You'll know exactly what they've cannibalized. Not going to keep me from popping some popcorn and enjoying this.