James Dean
Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die.
His career was brief. His impact was lasting. In just three major movies, James Dean gave voice to teen angst in a way that set the standard for actors to come. That sense of young inner turmoil was something new to the screen, but it wasn't new to Dean. It came from his own life.
Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond) directs this revealing dramatization of the life behind the legend. James Franco plays Dean in an uncanny portrait of the actor whose troubled life paralleled his roles in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. Dreams. Struggles. Feverish success. They're all part of this blazing tale of Dean's too-short life. And when that life abruptly ended, the legend took on a life of its own.
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Great movie - KYLEC
James Franco does a great job of depicting the late Dean. Good plot line and follows his life fairly accurate. Would highly recommend this one to James Dean fans. It follows him from his boyhood all the way to the day of his untimely death and doesn't skip on the details.Unexpected excellence! - TaBu
This is an incredible diamond in the rough. James Franco's performance is amazing- you truly believe he is James Dean. This is a well written and directed film, It also gives insight into this unique period of film history through Dean's relationships with Elia Kazaan, and other silver screen legends.
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Great movie - KYLEC
James Franco does a great job of depicting the late Dean. Good plot line and follows his life fairly accurate. Would highly recommend this one to James Dean fans. It follows him from his boyhood all the way to the day of his untimely death and doesn't skip ...Unexpected excellence! - TaBu
This is an incredible diamond in the rough. James Franco's performance is amazing- you truly believe he is James Dean. This is a well written and directed film, It also gives insight into this unique period of film history through Dean's relationships with ...