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James Dean
Directed by
Mark Rydell
PG
2001
90m
Drama
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Biography
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7.1
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The man behind the legend and 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
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Cast of James Dean
James Franco
James Dean
Michael Moriarty
Winton Dean
Valentina Cervi
Pier Angeli
Enrico Colantoni
Elia Kazan
Edward Herrmann
Raymond Massey
Joanne Linville
Hedda Hopper
John Pleshette
Billy Rose
Barry Primus
Nicholas Ray
David Proval
Daniel Mann
Samuel Gould
Martin Landau
Amy Rydell
Christine White
Wendy Benson-Landes
Julie Harris
Karen Kondazian
Mrs. Pierangeli
David Parker
James Whitmore
Craig Barnett
George Stevens
Mark Rydell
Jack Warner
Lou Wagner
'Eden' Make-up Person
Otto Felix
'Eden' Camera Assistant
Christopher Lee
'Eden' Assistant Director
Gretchen German
Kazan's Assistant
Bill Voigtlander
'Eden' Camera Operator
Matthew W. Tenggren
Sound Man
Kyle Chambers
James Dean - 8-9 Yrs. Old
Lisa Robins
Mildred Dean
Peggy McCay
Emma Dean
William Stanford Davis
Train Conductor
Charles Dierkop
Groundsman
Steve Chambers
Postman
Lisa Blake Richards
Ethel Dean
Mushond Lee
Billy
Phil Parolisi
Cattle Call Stage Manager
Ellen Gerstein
Jane Deacy
Israel Horovitz
Louis Schurr
Fred Parnes
Actor's Studio Stage Manager
Andrew Prine
Rogers Brackett
James DiStefano
'The Immortalist' Stage Manager
Harry Cohn
Hot Dog Vendor
Julie Janney
Geraldine Page
Antony Sandoval
Louis Jourdan
Mark Moses
Dick Clayton
Stan Coleman
Warner's Executive
Mark Kiely
Soldier in 'Silver Chalice'
Austen Rydell
'Eden' Assistant Director's Son
Lyle Kessler
Lee Strasberg
Chad Restum
'Rebel' Assistant Director
Elizabeth Barkette
Mrs. Stark
Frank Cassini
'Giant' Assistant Director
Nick Klar
Winton's Neighbor
Allen Hall
'Giant' Oil Derrick Rigger
Robert N. Gersicoff
'Giant' Camera Operator
John C. Flinn IV
'Giant' Assistant Camera
Guido Föhrweißer
Rolf Wütherich
Alexander Rydell
Boy on Bike
Holly Beavon
Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
Lana Clarkson
Jayne Mansfield (uncredited)
Elizabeth Karsell Horne
Judy Garland (uncredited)
Michael Lefko
Rock Hudson (uncredited)
Karen Teliha
Bette Davis (uncredited)
Carla Barnett
Auntie Ortense (uncredited)
Eric Brenner
Julie Harris's Date (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Reporter (uncredited)
Michael Dronge
Dolly Grip (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
Bartender (uncredited)
Matt Holly
Time Magazine Reporter (uncredited)
Val Lauren
Alex (uncredited)
Sean A. Mulvihill
Reporter (uncredited)
Ginger Pauley
Maria (uncredited)
Matthew Payne
Actors Studio Reporter (uncredited)
Renee Pezzotta
Smoking Woman (uncredited)
Brent Ponder
Autograph Collector (uncredited)
Brian Ruppert
N.Y Actor (uncredited)
Gary Sievers
Eden Production Crew Member (uncredited)
Clyde Tull
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Maggie Wagner
Mann's Assistant (uncredited)
James Dean Ratings & Reviews
Houston Chronicle
Ann Hodges
For Freaks & Geeks' James Franco, James Dean is a major breakthrough. He not only looks like him, but his mannerisms and his whole persona are startlingly real. This movie rests on his thin, hunched shoulders, and he carries it off.
L.A. Weekly
Robert Lloyd
James Dean is an unusually intelligent job that benefits from the relative modesty of its production and straightforward direction.
Orlando Sentinel
Hal Boedeker
The movie itself is rarely adventurous, but it could prompt viewers to watch the actual Dean performances again. Credit for that would go mainly to Franco, who excels at playing this odd, conflicted figure.
Christian Science Monitor
M.S. Mason
James Franco is so Deansian, it's scary. The life story of the rebel without a cause has been shaped by fact and presumption into a startlingly enthralling drama.
New York Post
Austin Smith
Franco's metamorphosis into Dean ranks as one of the great TV performances of the year. And it would have been enough to earn James Dean a rave, but it's only one of several performances that set this movie apart.
TIME Magazine
James Poniewozik
Sick of movie-star biopics? Then there's little to change your mind in this one... It's worth seeing, though, because James Franco uncannily channels the sulky, sexy, short-lived heartthrob.
Entertainment Weekly
Ken Tucker
Franco could have walked through the role and done a passable Dean, but instead gets under the skin of this insecure, rootless young man.
Washington Post
Tom Shales
Re-creates Dean's life and times with what might be called stunning adequacy... Franco's performance is easily the best thing in the movie, conveying Dean's essence and angst without ever becoming a mere impersonation.
People Magazine
Terry Kelleher
There's no joy in noting that it sometimes plays like a parody of a James Dean movie.
Austin Chronicle
Belinda Acosta
As a biopic, James Dean is a laudable contribution to the genre, though lapses into TV movie-of-the-week conventions take the edge off what could have been a wholly compelling movie.
Hollywood.com
Hollywood.com Staff
Sure, you get the rebellious side of the man... All the legendary stuff. But you also get a morose portrait of a man twisted and torn, self-destructive but fiercely vulnerable. Any fan should catch this flick.
Salon.com
Joyce Millman
Even those of us who suspected that Franco had a great performance in him couldn't have imagined it would be this great... In his spectacular, heartfelt performance, Franco walks Dean's walk and feels his pain.
Variety
Phil Gallo
It's a hushed project that finds its grandeur in the cinematic approach from director of photography Robbie Greenberg, who gives pic the look of a bigscreen rather than a television project.
New York Magazine/Vulture
John Leonard
... a well-done docudrama starring James Franco from Freaks and Geeks...
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...entertaining, in a movie-of-the-week sort of way.
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