The Real James Dean

2006 "From Indiana Farmboy to Hollywood Legend"

The Real James Dean

8.5 | en | Documentary

Although he'd starred in just three films before his untimely death at age 24, James Dean cast a long shadow that came to define cool. Using excerpts from Dean's personal diaries, found footage from screen and wardrobe tests and interviews with those who knew him best (including Dennis Hopper, Dick Van Patten, Graham Nash and Rod Steiger), this fascinating documentary explores the screen icon's lingering mystique.

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8.5 | en | Documentary

Synopsis

Cast

James Dean ,Dennis Hopper ,Rod Steiger

Director

Gary Legon

Producted By

Estate Films ,

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Cast

James Dean

as Archival Footage

[2022] Dinner Without a Pause [2021] Summer Sunset Songs [2015] Tab Hunter Confidential [2005] James Dean: Forever Young [1956] Giant [1955] East of Eden [1952] Sailor Beware [1951] Fixed Bayonets! [1949] The Big Story

Dennis Hopper

as Self

[2020] Hopper/Welles [2018] They'll Love Me When I'm Dead [2018] The Other Side of the Wind [2016] 'Blue Velvet' Revisited [2016] Along for the Ride [2013] Llyn Foulkes One Man Band [2012] Scene Missing [2010] Straight to Hell Returns [2010] Alpha and Omega

Rod Steiger

as Self

[2004] Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust [2003] Poolhall Junkies [2002] The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller [2002] The Kid [2001] The Hollywood Sign [2001] Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World [2001] The Last Producer [1999] Crazy in Alabama [1998] Modern Vampires