Rent Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

3.7 of 5 from 214 ratings
1h 47min
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Synopsis:
In one of cinemas most influential, and gripping, roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of most postwar teens - and reverberates more than 40 years later. Natalie Wood (as Jim's girlfriend Judy) and Sal Mineo (in his screen debut as Jim's tag-along pal Plato) were Academy Award nominees for their achingly true performances.
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Directors:
Producers:
David Weisbart
Writers:
Stewart Stern, Irving Shulman, Nicholas Ray
Studio:
Warner
Genres:
Classics, Drama, Romance
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BBFC:
Release Date:
03/07/2000
Run Time:
107 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, French, German, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Interactive Menu
  • Scene Access
  • Trailer
  • 'Re-discovering A Rebel'
  • WB Presents: Behind the Cameras - James Dean, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus
BBFC:
Release Date:
02/11/2015
Run Time:
111 minutes
Languages:
Brazilian Portuguese Dolby Digital 1.0, Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0, Czech Dolby Digital 1.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 1.0, German Dolby Digital 1.0, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0, Polish Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
Brazilian, Castillian, Chinese, Complex Mandarin, Czech, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, German Hard of Hearing, Hebrew, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Commentary by Douglas L. Rathgeb, Author of The Making of 'Rebel Without a Cause'
  • Trailer
  • New 50th-Anniversary Documentary 'Rebel Without a Cause': Defiant Innocents
  • Vintage Documentary James Dean Remembered
  • Additional Scenes (Without Sound)
  • New: 3 Segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV Series including Dean's Famous 'Drive Safely' Commercial TV Spot
  • Rare Screen Tests
  • Wardrobe Tests
BBFC:
Release Date:
17/04/2023
Run Time:
111 minutes
Languages:
Castilian Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, English Dolby Atmos, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, German DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono, Latin American Spanish LPCM 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
Castillian, Chinese, Complex Mandarin, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, German Hard of Hearing, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Latin American Spanish
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.55:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
Bonus:
  • Commentary by Douglas L. Rathgeb, Author of The Making of 'Rebel Without a Cause'

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Reviews (3) of Rebel Without a Cause

A great loss to cinema - Rebel Without a Cause review by VS

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14/08/2018

I believe that this was the first of James Dean's 3 major roles in Hollywood films before his very untimely death. It was certainly interesting to watch his performance, but the film has dated rather badly. The parents are stock characters straight out of central casting as is Dean's friend rendered unstable by a neglectful mother. Of course, parents who can't manage to communicate with their teenage children remains a hardy perennial in films. The difference is that we have become used to more nuances and complexities. So I'd recommend this film to either a student of cinema (and "method" acting) or to someone of my age groups who is looking back to her own teens.

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Teenage Melodrama. - Rebel Without a Cause review by Steve

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09/05/2021

This legendary drama about the postwar controversy of teenage delinquency is inevitably dated but still works better than any other fifties film on that subject. And it's a memorial to the iconic star James Dean who was dead by the time of the release.

He plays a new kid in town with a history of petty juvenile crime, who attracts interest from a disturbed gang of young offenders. Natalie Wood is a valley girl who gets a thrill from hanging out with the slum kids. With a damaged, gay outsider (Sal Mineo) the trio make up an improvised family which none of them can find at home. Jimmy now feels a touch old, but Natalie (17) and Sal (16) look endearingly authentic.

It is probably naive on the theme of antisocial youth. But the voice of the first teenagers trying to find their own ethics to make sense of their nascent freedom is quite powerful. It's a fascinating period piece which Nicholas Ray shoots in the genre motifs of science fiction; the small town which must get through a long night of crisis in a threatening universe- as evoked by the climax in the planetarium.

The Cinemascope and the stunning colour are a sensual joy. The fantastic clothes create much of the iconic imagery.  But it's the performance of James Dean that dominates and we still believe in his troubled alienated antihero trying to understand the rules of his confusing and changing times. Which are tearing him apart.

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Over rated - Rebel Without a Cause review by OL

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21/09/2020

Whilst it may of been shocking at the time. It now sees a bit dated. Basically a bunch of teenage delinquents with James Dean trying to stay out of trouble.

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