Rent Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
3.6 of 5 from 220 ratings
1h 47min
- General info
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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.
- Actors:
- James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt, Steffi Sidney, Marietta Canty, Virginia Brissac, Beverly Long, Ian Wolfe, Frank Mazzola, Robert Foulk, Jack Simmons, Tom Bernard, Nick Adams
- Directors:
- Nicholas Ray
- Producers:
- David Weisbart
- Writers:
- Stewart Stern, Irving Shulman, Nicholas Ray
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
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- 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
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
Nicholas Ray’s drama about the postwar controversy of teenage delinquency is inevitably dated, and probably naive but still works better than any other '50s film on that theme. And it's a memorial to the legend of James Dean who was dead by the time of the release.
He’s the new kid in town with a history of petty juvenile crime who grabs the attention of a disturbed gang of young offenders. Natalie Wood is a valley girl who gets her kicks 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 seems a little old, but Natalie (17) and Sal (16) look endearingly authentic. The voices of the first teenagers trying make sense of their nascent freedom are quite potent. It's a fascinating period piece which Ray shoots in the style 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 inky colour palette are a joy. The 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
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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