Following up on the previous Budd Schulberg post, below is the taxicab excerpt from On the Waterfront.
One of the great things about this scene is how the actors have elevated the writing. Marlon Brando makes “i could’ve been a contender” one of the most memorable lines in film history, Number 3 on the American [...]
Posts Tagged ‘budd schulberg’
Aug 07
On The Waterfront – INT—TAXICAB—EVENING
Aug 06
Budd Schulberg RIP – i could’ve been a contender
Actors need great writing and Budd Schulberg was one great writer. He wrote the screenplays for On the Waterfront in 1954, A Face in the Crowd 1957 both directed by Elia Kazan, and The Harder They Fall, in 1956.
The iconic scene from On The Waterfront with Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy and Rod Steiger [...]
