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James Dean - news / articles


  • Dean's childhood secret unearthed after Taylor's death - 26 March 2011
    -Dame Elizabeth Taylor took one of James Dean's most private confessions to the grave when she died on Wednesday (23Mar11) - he was molested by a minister when he was a child, according to revered journalist Kevin Sessums.- -Taylor opened up about Dean's little-know


  • 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 - 5.0 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!!!!...   Read customer review
  • Giant
  • Giant review by A customer from Reading
    Rated - 2.0 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 ...   Read customer review
  • James Dean - The James Dean Story
  • James Dean - The James Dean Story review by Turnip-Noggin from Fife, Scotland.
    Rated - 3.0 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 (...   Read customer review

James Dean - filmography


  • Vigilante on DVD (2009)
    Starring: James Dean,  Lexie Symon,  Robert Diaz
    Director: Aash Aaron
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Low-budget Australian action film. Robert Diaz stars as businessman Luke, whose fiancee has been brutally raped and murdered by Alex (Kazuya Wright), son of the most powerful underworld crime family in the city. When the justice system fails him, Luke goes into intensive training with fight master ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 260 members
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  • ICU on DVD (2009)
    Starring: James Dean,  Margot Robbie,  Christian Radford
    Director: Aash Aaron
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Thriller following three teenagers who catch a serial killer taking the life of his latest victim. To entertain themselves during their vacation, Troy (Christian Radford), Tristan (Margot Robbie) and Ricky (James Dean) decide to spy on their neighbours. When they witness a murder taking place the ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 115 members
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  • James Dean - The First American Teenager on DVD (1975)
    Starring: James Dean
    Director: Ray Connolly
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This documentary attempts to look behind the mask of the young shy man who became an icon for Fifties teenagers, and indeed teenagers in the ensuing decades as well. His friends and colleagues from the 1950's are interviewed including Nicholas Ray, Dennis Hopper, Carroll Baker and Natalie Wood. It ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 12 members
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  • Giant on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Elizabeth Taylor,  James Dean,  Carroll Baker
    Director: George Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An epic saga begins when Texas cattle baron Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) takes a non-Texan wife, Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor). The story then traces two generations of his family, alongside the life of disreputable ranch-hand Jett Rink (James Dean), who strikes it rich on an oil well and falls in love ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,667 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
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    Nicholas Ray's juvenile-delinquent film (originally a vehicle for Marlon Brando) opened after the death of its star James Dean in a car crash and made Dean into an icon of rebellion. The storyline takes place over a 24-hour period and follows Jim Stark (Dean), a restless teenager always in trouble ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,335 members
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  • Rebel Without a Cause - Blu-ray (1955)
    Starring: James Dean,  Natalie Wood,  Sal Mineo
    Director: Nicholas Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Nicholas Ray's juvenile-delinquent film (originally a vehicle for Marlon Brando) opened after the death of its star James Dean in a car crash and made Dean into an icon of rebellion. The storyline takes place over a 24-hour period and follows Jim Stark (Dean), a restless teenager always in trouble ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 6 members
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  • East Of Eden on DVD (1955)
    Starring: James Dean,  Jo Van Fleet,  Raymond Massey
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This truncated screen version of John Steinbeck's best-seller was the first starring vehicle for explosive 1950s screen personality James Dean, who plays Cal Trask, the bad son of taciturn Salinas valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask (Raymond Massey). Although he means well, Cal can't stay out of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,074 members
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  • 20th Century Icons - James Dean (2 discs) on DVD
    Director: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A biographical documentary about the ill-fated screen icon, James Dean, who died aged 24 on September 30, 1955, having completed three movies, 'East of Eden' (1955), 'Rebel Without a Cause' (1955) and 'Giant' (1956), only the first of which had been released, and in death became transformed into a ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 3 members
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  • James Dean - Forever James Dean
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Era Chekmayan directs this documentary profile of James Dean, the young actor whose celluloid career of just three films has offered an enduring template for would-be rebellious teenagers. Using film and TV footage, Chekmayan asks why Dean's impact should have been both so sudden and lasting, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 38 members
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  • James Dean - The James Dean Story on DVD
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Robert Altman directs this profile of film star James Dean, made just two years after his untimely death. From his childhood in Fairmount, Indiana through his passage to Hollywood, Altman tells the actor's story through still photographs, interviews, film clips and narration from Martin Gabel.
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 70 members
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  • The Real James Dean on DVD
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Documentary profile of the Hollywood screen legend, who died tragically young after completing only three films, in September 1955. Includes classic clips of Dean's performances, previously unseen screen tests, and an interview with his close friend, actor Rod Steiger.
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 22 members
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  • James Dean - The Rare Movies
    Starring: James Dean,  Natalie Wood,  Susan Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Before James Dean hit Hollywood he made over 40 appearances on US TV between 1951 and 1953, from a Pepsi advertisement, TV shows through to a Highway Safety appeal. Some of these are collected on this DVD along with 3 TV movies in which he appeared: 'Something for an Empty Briefcase' (1953) in ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 98 members
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  • James Dean - The TV Years on DVD
    Starring: James Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Compilation of the iconic actor's early, rarely-seen television appearances in some of the popular live plays broadcast in the 1950s, before he made his Hollywood breakthrough. Included are 'The Bells of Cockaigne' (1953), where Dean plays a man who rescues a young boy, and 'I Am a Fool' (1954), ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 25 members
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  • The James Dean Story on DVD
    Starring: Martin Gable,  James Dean,  Marcus Winslow Jr.
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Tells the full story of rebellious Hollywood legend James Dean, before his untimely death. Starting at the earliest stages of his career through to his most famous feature film roles. Discover his love of adventurous living and fast cars which would eventually lead to his tragic death.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 56 members
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James Dean facts

5 most recent films

Vigilante - 2.0 stars
ICU - 1.5 stars
James Dean - The First American Teenager - 3.0 stars
The James Dean Story / The Bells Of Cockaigne - 2.5 stars
Giant - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

East Of Eden - 3.5 stars
Rebel Without a Cause - 3.5 stars
Giant - 3.5 stars
James Dean - The Rare Movies - 2.5 stars
The James Dean Story - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

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

Most frequent co-stars

Natalie Wood - 4 times - show films
Rock Hudson - 4 times - show films
Elizabeth Taylor - 4 times - show films
Carroll Baker - 4 times - show films
Jo Van Fleet - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Nicholas Ray - 5 times - show films
George Stevens - 4 times - show films
Elia Kazan - 3 times - show films
Robert Altman - 2 times - show films
Aash Aaron - 2 times - show films