Monday Movies take place at 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm in the Large Meeting Room. Patrons are invited to bring a snack and non-alcoholic beverage to enjoy! Not sure if you'll enjoy this movie? Take a look at its audience rating to help you decide! Audience ratings are now listed with every movie title!
It's Great Classics Week at QPL! Classic movies feature popcorn and soda at the price they were the year the movie came out**! Take a dip back in time and get popcorn and soda at 1954 prices!
Title: On the Waterfront Length: 108 minutes Release Year: 1954 Rating: TV-14
Best Picture winner about a longshoreman and washed-up boxer, who "coulda been a contendah," struggling under the constant "pier" pressure of the organized-crime syndicate that controls the docks on which he works. Gainst advice, he uses his voice to put a stop to the crime around him. The film won eight Oscars, including Actor (Marlon Brando), Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint) and Director (Elia Kazan). In an Oscar oddity, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden and Rod Steiger were all nominated for Supporting Actor, which went to Edmond O'Brien.
Rotten Tomatoes Critics/Audience Rating: 99%/95%
** first 15 patrons