DVD - The Complete James Dean Collection
Boxed set containing the three movies that made Dean a legend-
Giant (1956):
George Stevens' sweeping Oscar-winning epic about the cataclysmic effect the discovery of oil in Texas has on the lifestyle of the former cattle barons. Dean is Jett Rink, a sullen-farm hand who becomes a millionaire overnight. Tough, always angry, restless, bewildered and reckless, Rink's animal charm and tycoon's magnetism means he always gets his way. But when he fails in love with Leslie he loses his way with an equal violence...
East Of Eden (1955):
James Dean plays Cal, a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favored brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Playing off the haunting sensitivity of Julie Harris, Dean's performance earned one of the film's four Academy Award nominations. Among the movie's stellar performers, Jo Van Fleet won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Rebel Without A Cause (1955):
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.
Director Nicholas Ray was also an Oscar nominee for this landmark film chosen as one of the Top-100 American Films by the American Film Institute.
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DVD information
| Release Date (USA): |
2005-05-31 |
| Rating (USA): |
G |
| Release Date (UK): |
2005-06-06 |
| Rating (UK) : |
PG |
| Director: |
Nicholas Ray, George Stevens,Elia Kazan, |
| Producer: |
Elia Kazan, David Weisbart, Henry Ginsberg & George Stevens |
| Studio: |
Warner Home Video |
| Writer/s: |
Fred Guiol (Giant),Irving Shulman (Rebel Without a Cause) & Paul Osborn (East of Eden) |
Cast
DVD Features
East of Eden:
English 5.1, French mono, 2.55 widescreen anamorphic
New digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements
Commentary by Richard Schickel
Theatrical trailer
New 50th-anniversary documentary 'East of Eden: Art in Search of Life'
Vintage documentary: 'Forever James Dean'
Additional scenes
Screen tests
Wardrobe, costume, and production design tests
3/19/1955 New York premiere footage
Rebel Without a Cause:
English 5.1, French mono, 2.55 widescreen anamorphic
New digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements
Commentary by Richard Schickel
Theatrical trailer
New 50th-anniversary documentary: 'Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents'
Vintage documentary: 'James Dean Remembered'
Additional scenes (without sound)
New: three segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV series including Dean's famous Drive Safely commercial TV spot
Rare screen tests
Wardrobe tests
Giant:
English 2.0 surround, French mono, 1.66 widescreen letterbox
Commentary by filmmaker/Stevens family archivist George Stevens Jr., screenwriter Ivan Moffat, and critic Stephen Farber
All-new digital transfer from revitalized picture and audio elements
Nearly 3 hours of new and vintage documentaries including the following:
'George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him'
'Memories of Giant'
'Return to Giant'
New York premiere TV special
Hollywood premiere and project kickoff newsreels
2 Warner Bros. Presents behind the cameras featurettes
Original/reissue theatrical trailers
Stills and document galleries
Extensive production notes, director filmography, and introduction by George Stevens Jr
Number of discs: 6 |
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