Movie
James Dean
Overview
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 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.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-08-04
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Five Mile River Films, Gerber Pictures, Marvin Worth Productions, Splendid Television
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Franco as James Dean
- Michael Moriarty as Winton Dean
- Valentina Cervi as Pier Angeli
- Enrico Colantoni as Elia Kazan
- Edward Herrmann as Raymond Massey
- Joanne Linville as Hedda Hopper
- John Pleshette as Billy Rose
- Barry Primus as Nicholas Ray
- David Proval as Daniel Mann
- Samuel Gould as Martin Landau
- Amy Rydell as Christine White
- Wendy Benson-Landes as Julie Harris
Crew
- Mark Rydell - Director
- Israel Horovitz - Screenplay
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