A short documentary about the short career of screen legend James Dean. Features loads of stills, his first screen appearance for ‘Pepsi’ and clips and trailers of his three feature films: “East of Eden”, “Rebel without a cause” and “Giant”. Contains some contemporary interviews and features a song written for the film made in the 1980s. Narrated by Bob Gunton.
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ACMI Identifier
319293
Languages
English
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Dean, James, 1931-1955
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture actors and actresses - Biography
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Music & Performing Arts → Motion picture actors and actresses - Biography
People → Dean, James, 1931-1955
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)