Dazzling the Screen Marlon Brando

American actor Marlon Brando was regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performers in cinema history. To his credit are two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTAs, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 80.

Director Francis Ford Coppola directed the 1979 American psychological epic war film “Apocalypse Now." The film was loosely inspired by the 1899 novella “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film starred Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, and others.

The storyline follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia taken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer accused of murder and presumed insane.

Director Francis Ford Coppola directed the 1972 American epic gangster film “The Godfather." It was based on the best-selling 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. The film featured an ensemble cast, among them Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, and others. This was the first installment in The Godfather trilogy. The film won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Puzo and Coppola).

The film chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed the 1953 American film adaption of “Julius Caesar." It was adapted from the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The film starred Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, and others. Both Brando and Gielgud won BAFTA Awards: Brando for Best Foreign Actor and Gielgud for Best British Actor.

Marlon Brando depicts Mark Antony, one of Caesar’s closest supporters. The film is centered around the assassination of Julius Caesar (Louis Calhern) and the political conspiracies that developed in the aftermath. Antony gives the famous "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech, showing a mastery of rhetoric and the ability to capture the hearts of the Roman people.

Director Lewis Milestone directed the 1962 American epic adventure “Mutiny on the Bounty." The film starred Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffin, and others. It was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff.

The film tells the fictionalized story of the real-life mutiny led by Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) against William Bligh (Trevor Howard), captain of HMAV Bounty in 1789.

Director Elia Kazan directed the 1954 American crime drama “On the Waterfront." The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, and others.

The storyline focuses on union violence and corruption among longshoremen while detailing widespread corruption, extortion, and racketeering on the waterfronts of Hoboken, New Jersey.

Director Marlon Brando, in his sole directorial credit directed the 1961 American epic Western film “One-Eyed Jacks." The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, and Pina Pellicer.

The storyline follows Rio "the Kid" (Marlon Brando), an outlaw betrayed by his longtime partner, resulting in him being imprisoned. Years later, Rio is freed and seeks revenge, only to meet his ex-partner's stepdaughter, Louisa Longworth (Pina Pellicer), whom he falls for.

Director Elia Kazan directed the 1951 American Southern Gothic drama “A Streetcar Named Desire." It was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film starred Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden.

The storyline follows a woman named Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) who moves in with her sister Stella Kowalski (Kim Hinter) and brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando) in New Orleans, Louisiana.