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James Dean - news / articles


  • Pattinson based Twilight role on rebel Dean - 25 October 2009
    -Robert Pattinson based his enigmatic Twilight character on movie icon James Dean.- -The actor shot to international fame when he took on the role of heart-throb vampire Edward Cullen in the hit bloodsucker movie.- - Pattinson did a lot of research before he starte

James Dean - what members say


  • James Dean - The Rare Movies
  • James Dean - The Rare Movies review by from England
    Rated - 5 stars James Dean - The Rare Movies 17 October 2004
    ...I was very impressed with this DVD being a James Dean fan, I'd never seen his early tv appearances before and was amazed by his acting!!!!...  
  • Giant
  • Giant review by A customer from Reading
    Rated - 2 stars dated melodrama 6 August 2004
    ... in Texas against a background of the start of the oil boom. One of the 3 films James Dean made and apart from providing a couple of iconic movie posters his performance ...  
  • James Dean - The James Dean Story
  • James Dean - The James Dean Story review by from Fife, Scotland.
    Rated - 3 stars 25 November 2005
    ...r the 'clip art' image library of yesteryear. I'd recommend this film to any James Dean fan - or anybody who appreciates 50s Americana culture. It's black and white (...  

James Dean - filmography


  • Giant on DVD (1956)
    Starring: James Dean,  Elizabeth Taylor,  Rock Hudson
    Director: George Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Edna Ferber's best-selling family saga was the source of Stevens' sprawling epic, which stars Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean, in his last film appearance. When Texas cattleman Bick Benedict (Hudson) goes to Virginia in the early 1920s to buy a prize stallion, he falls in love with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,039 members
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  • Rebel Without A Cause on DVD (1955)
    Starring: James Dean,  Natalie Wood,  Sal Mineo
    Director: Nicholas Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The age-old theme of teenage violence and delinquency is given distinctive insight by the well-cast Dean-Wood-Mineo trio. Perhaps the best teen-age drama of the 1950s. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Sal Mineo, Best Supporting Actress--Natalie Wood, Best Motion Picture Story.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6,482 members
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  • James Dean - The TV Years on DVD
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Features a compilation of footage taken from James Dean's television performances. Includes footage from 'The Bells Of Cockaigne' (1953) and 'I Am A Fool' (1954).
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 23 members
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  • James Dean - The James Dean Story on DVD
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    James Dean was a rocket too hot to keep flying, so his trajectory ultimately pointed him earthward where he crashed tragically. But before he flamed out, he made an impression on the world of entertainment and popular culture which only grows in magnitude as the years pile up upon his grave.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 49 members
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  • James Dean - Forever James Dean on DVD
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This comprehensive documentary on James Dean examines the legendary actor's life and times from his early days in Indiana, through his meteoric rise as a Hollywood star, to his tragic death in a car accident on September 30, 1955. Using rare film and television footage and interviews with some of ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 27 members
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  • The Real James Dean on DVD
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Tells the story of the brief, but influential life of James Dean. Features footage of unseen screen tests, an interview with Rod Steiger, and much more.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 20 members
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  • 20th Century Icons - James Dean (2 discs) on DVD
    Director: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    James Dean died aged 24 on September 30, 1955, having completed three movies, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, only the first of which had been released, and in death became transformed into a myth - a rebel who had taken Hollywood by storm and who did as he pleased.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
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  • The James Dean Story on DVD
    Starring: James Dean,  Marcus Winslow Jr.,  Arlene Martel
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A star profile which looks at the people and the places that Dean knew. Also an insight into the confusion felt by the teenagers of the day. Includes an introduction by Tony Curtis and a clip from the theatrical trailer for the film 'Rebel Without Cause'.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 30 members
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James Dean facts

5 most recent films

James Dean - The First American Teenager - 3.0 stars
James Dean Story, The / The Bells Of Cockaigne - 2.5 stars
Giant - 3.0 stars
East Of Eden - 3.5 stars
Rebel Without A Cause - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

East Of Eden - 3.5 stars
Rebel Without A Cause - 3.5 stars
Giant - 3.0 stars
James Dean - The Rare Movies - 2.5 stars
James Dean Story, The / The Bells Of Cockaigne - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The James Dean Story - 2.0 stars
The Real James Dean - 2.5 stars
James Dean - Forever James Dean - 2.5 stars
James Dean - The TV Years - 2.5 stars
20th Century Icons - James Dean - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Natalie Wood - 3 times - show films
William Hopper - 2 times - show films
Martin Gable - 2 times - show films
Sal Mineo - 2 times - show films
Marcus Winslow Jr. - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 2 times - show films
Robert Altman - 2 times - show films
Nicholas Ray - 2 times - show films
George W. Georg - 1 times - show films
George W. George - 1 times - show films