Product Details

• Actors: James Dean
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009IXRJ4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,951 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Portrait of the legendary actor who redefined the image of the rebellious teenager in the films "East of Eden" and "Rebel without a Cause". Dean was volatile and temperamental on the set and his passion for race cars led to his death at age 24, but he remains one of the great icons of American cinema. Recollections of family, friends, and colleagues, including Lee Strasberg's wife Anna and daughter Susan, Rod Steiger, and Martin Landau highlight this feature-length special. Narrated by Bill Mumy.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a very good biography, September 21, 2005

By	Deaniac "Dean Fan Forever" (Illinois) - See all my reviews

It was comprehensive, factually correct, and very interesting. I'm not sure I learned anything new, but I have been a fan/collector for 50 years so it is difficult to find anything new for me. That being said, this biography kept me interested from start to finish. Impressive.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good documentary..BUT misleading A&E time!, October 11, 2005

By	Richardson "Clarence" (Sunny California USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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Like all the recent A&E biography DVDs A&E are misrepresenting the actual TIME ...it is NOT 100 minutes...the program actually ends at 85 minutes...and the final credits run into the 86 minute mark! The A&E Biographies marked 50 minutes are really closer to 42!

This may seem to some a picky complaint, but ask yourself this....if you send A&E 85% of the price would they send you their products? Why should they be padding their run times on their products to make them seem like better investments...the list on these DVDs is $24...pretty steep in comparison with the much superior WB DVDs on James Dean like "Forever Young" which lists for $19 and actually DOES run the advertised..90minutes...heck they should advertise 100 minutes they are closer than this A&E..and its a better DVD anyway...AND the American Masters James Dean : Sense Memories...has the nerve to say its 53minutes when it is! Why don't they take their lead from A&E and round up to whatever they want? ...okay..enough of my ranting....don't believe the run times on A&E products
this DVD is still worth owning...but buy it used.