Rebel Without a Cause
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Time Out says
Dean's finest film, hardly surprisingly in that Ray was one of the great '50s directors. The story, much imitated since, might sound like nothing much - unsettled adolescent from good home can't keep himself out of trouble, and gets involved with bad sorts until tragedy takes over - but what makes the film so powerful is both the sympathy it extends towards all the characters (including the seemingly callous parents) and the precise expressionism of Ray's direction. His use of light, space and motion is continually at the service of the characters' emotions, while the trio that Dean, Wood and Mineo form as a refuge from society is explicitly depicted as an 'alternative family'. Still the best of the youth movies.Author: GA
Release details
UK release:
1955
Duration:
111 mins
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Cast:
Nick Adams, Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt, Corey Allen, Ann Doran, Jim Backus, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, James Dean, William Hopper
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