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Rebel Without A Cause
1955
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. Read more
| Starring | James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus |
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| Director | Nicholas Ray |
| Genres | Drama |
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Rebel Without A Cause
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.
| Starring | James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, William Hopper |
|---|---|
| Director | Nicholas Ray |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Aug 2006 Production year: 1955 |
| Format | DVD |
Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
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15 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Nostalgia and nothing more
How do these old films end up in the top 100 films of all time lists?
The acting is appalling, the script equally as bad and the direction is absurd.
The way the conversations flow and the way people move around each other and respond to on screen action etc... is completely un-natural. Its laughable. The same applies to this film.
Fair enough it was good at the time, but that alone does not justify its inclusion in the top 100 films of all time list. If this film was made today, in exactly the same way, with the same level of acting and direction, it wouldn't even see the light of day. All I can summise is that the people who create these lists are as old as the films they include and only do so because of the nostalgia they envoke in these people.
It's not a bad film per se, and worth watching, and is certainly better then a lot of the crap made today - The fast and the furious being one example - but don't rent this and expect something on a par with the Pianist or Gladiator because it will just dissapoint. -
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Ummm... Classic
No two ways about it - when Jim Stark turns to his parents in the police station and begs 'You're tearing me apart', you feel like your heart is being pulled out of your ribcage from behind.
You cannot stop yourself from watching this guy. James Dean broke so comprehensively with any rules of acting that his performance remains the standard for adolescent angst. An original enough story, with a cracking support performance from Sal Mineo as Plato. However, this will always be the movie that marked the moment when film acting burst through the screen. -
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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 started shooting the film, and admits he used Dean's performance in Rebel Without A Cause as the basis for his character. He tells USA Weekend magazine,"Rebel Without A Cause was a big influence on the first (Twilight film) - it influenced the... Read more
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