Rebel Without a Cause
1955
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86% Tomatometer 43 Reviews 90% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings In this film based on John Steinbeck's epic novel, Cal Trask (James Dean), the son of a California farmer (Raymond Massey), feels...
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- Elia Kazan
- PG
- James Dean
Dec 19, 2012 · An amazingly high-strung, feverishly poetic movie about Cain and Abel as American brothers living on a lettuce farm in California in the years just before the First World War. Elia Kazan directed...
- Condé Nast
Mar 10, 1999 · A silent ovation. The questions about Elia Kazan 's honorary Oscar have no simple answers. When the 89-year-old director of " On the Waterfront ," "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "East of Eden" accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy on March 20, there will probably be as many boos as cheers.
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Mar 9, 2023 · Movies. Movie News. ‘East of Eden’: THR’s 1955 Review. On March 9, 1955, Warner Bros. unveiled Elia Kazan's adaptation of the John Steinbeck book at its premiere at the Astor Theatre in...
- Jack Moffitt
Jun 19, 2005 · Because he died in a car crash a month before the movie opened in 1955, the performance took on an eerie kind of fame: It was the posthumous complaint of an actor widely expected to have a long and famous career. Only "East of Eden" (1954) was released while Dean was alive; "Giant," his last film, came out in 1956.
Nov 29, 2016 · James Dean followed up East of Eden by starring in Rebel Without a Cause, released after his death. While this didactic melodrama about teen angst does not live up to his previous film, Dean’s performance was as electrifying as ever; and his performance and the film’s enduring fame make it worth checking out.
East of Eden holds a 86% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10/10. The critical consensus reads, "East of Eden strains to swell its story to epic dimensions, but James Dean's riveting performance gives this CinemaScope drama much of its raging heart."
