James Dean

About James Dean

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.

James Dean (2001) is a tv movie film directed by Mark Rydell. The film is filed under hollywood, musician, icon, and dying young.

James Franco stars as James Dean, Michael Moriarty as Winton Dean, Valentina Cervi as Pier Angeli, and Enrico Colantoni as Elia Kazan. It runs 96 minutes and was released in August 2001.

The screenplay is by Israel Horovitz.

Blonde, Nowhere Boy, and La Bamba make useful companions to James Dean, all filed under 1950s and biography. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 117 votes and it carries a PG rating.