Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen
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• Number of discs: 1.0
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Digiview Entertainment
• Run Time: 100.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FLKXVK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #158,267 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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James Dean is remembered as the perfect embodiment of the rebellious American youtl. Rising to megastardom seemingly overnight, he quickly became an idol of teens everywhere in the 1950's. Casper Van Dien (Sleepy Hollow, Starship Troopers, Dracula 3000) stars as James Dean in the retelling of this enigmatic bad boy that infactuated America and captured their hearts. James Dean: Live Fast, Die Young explores the life of this young man who, struck by an untimely death, was tranformed into a legend.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Live hard, drive fast, get a bunch of moving violations, August 26, 2009

By	Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Despite an excellent supporting cast, the made-for-TVer JAMES DEAN: RACE WITH DESTINY (IDed here as "James Dean Live Fast, Die Young") is a rather dull piece of (for lack of a better word) fiction. Credit goes in part to first time screenwriter Dan Sefton, a man of small accomplishment since this inauspicious debut.

The picture seems to be more about Pier Angelli than Dean. Casper Van Dien in the title role is pure stink. There's no way around it. He stinks. Whiny Van Dien drives too fast, gets a lot of speeding tickets, moons over Pier, crashes and croaks. That's it. Meanwhile, the viewer has wasted nearly two hours time and three bucks shipping for what is now a shiny silver coffee table coaster.

Even if you're the #1 James Dean fan of all time, --ESPECIALLY if you are-- you'll want to avoid this one.


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.

(4.7) James Dean: Race with Destiny (TV-1997) - Casper Van Dien/Carrie Mitchum/Diane Ladd/Mike Connors/Robert Mitchum/Connie Stevens/Casey Kasem/Joseph Campanella

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst movie about deans life., February 10, 2007

By	Doris Marquez "Brando girl" (UT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

first of all I only bought this movie because it cost a dollar. I'm a dean fan and thought this movie was so badly done. They just threw together alot of famous facts about James dean. They way the filmakers portray Dean an pier's love story is so corny and overdone. If you want to see better versions of a dean movie bio watch the 2001 tv movie with James franco or the
1976 version with Stephen McHattie.