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James Dean

Country: USA, Language: English, 120 mins

  • Director: Mark Rydell
  • Writer: Israel Horovitz
  • Producer: Bill Gerber; George W. Perkins

CGiii Comment

The only reason Dean became a 'legend' is, simply, because Hollywood needed to cash-in on their dead investment - that premature death cost the studio a fortune.

Here...there is no mention of his bisexuality, his penchant for amputees nor the legend of being a human ashtray.

The whole voice-over from the grave is, frankly, ineffective and ridiculous.

Here, Dean comes across as a dour, miserable, petulant, self-important, self-indulgent little prick.

Maybe - he was.

He does, perhaps, deserve a decent film - but, he only made 3 films himself...not exactly a vast legacy...but, they were good. This is not.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

A biopic about the actor James Dean, whose stardom of the ultimate teenage rebel as well as the premature death made him a legend. His roles are depicted having much in common with his personal life, most notably the difficult relationship with his father.

Cast & Characters

James Franco as James Dean / Narrator;
Michael Moriarty as Winton Dean;
Valentina Cervi as Pier Angeli;
Enrico Colantoni as Elia Kazan;
Edward Herrmann as Raymond Massey;
Joanne Linville as Hedda Hopper;
John Pleshette as Billy Rose;
Barry Primus as Nicholas Ray;
David Proval as Daniel Mann;
Samuel Gould as Martin Landau;
Amy Rydell as Christine White;
Wendy Benson-Landes as Julie Harris;
Karen Kondazian as Mrs. Pierangeli;
David Parker as James Whitmore;
Craig Barnett as George Stevens