BY: Kimberly Marrder || Ricardo FuentesBetsy Gutierrez || Iddi Kago

Period 3 Film Studies

• Rebel Without a Cause was first released on October 27, 1955

• First debuted in New York

• Drama & Romance

• Released in USA

• Director: Nicholas Ray

• Screenplay Writer: Steward Stern

• Adaptation Writer: Irving Shulman

BASICS

• Title was taken from psychiatrist Robert Lindner's 1944 book, Rebel Without A Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopatho has no other relationship to the book.

Basics (Continued)

• Awards & Nominationso Nominated for Golden Globe

Best Actor James Dean (Winner) Best Actress Nathalie Wood (Winner)

• New York Film Critics Circle Nominations (1955)

• Library of Congress in 1989o Won a National Film Registry in

1990

• #59 In AFI Top 100 Greatest American Movies

Critical Reception

o Nominated for BAFTA Film Award in 1957 BEST BRITISH FILM BEST FOREIGN ACTOR: James Dean

o Nominated for an Oscar in 1956 for best ACTOR and ACTRESS in supporting role BEST WRITING, AND MOTION PICTURE

STORY

Comments:Roger Ebert- "Like its hero, "Rebel

Without a Cause" desperately wants to say something and doesn't know what it is."

Critical Reception (continued)

• Used an abstract spinning shot which o P.O.V. shot, starts upside down and ends at

an upright position

• Tilt shots

• Tracking Shots

• Stunt Scenes

• Lots of Shadows

appeared when

the characters would

experience inner

conflicto after Buzz's death

Stylistic Importance

Unique Spinning Shot

• James Dean died in a car crash a month before the movie opened in 1955o ironic spreading awareness about driving

• Cory Allen and Frank Mezolli were real-life rivals

• Originally black and white

• Ray was bisexual (as was Dean) and he was sleeping with both Wood and Mineo while they shot the film

Fun Facts

• 'While casting the teenage roles for ''Rebel Without a Cause," a Warner Bros. production manager shot off a worried memo. ''Minors cannot work at night except under emergency conditions ... and this picture is approximately 80 percent night."'

• James Dean actually hurt his knuckles in the scene where he punches a metal desk

• Director Nicholas Ray researched L.A gangs by riding around with them for several nights.

• Jim and Buzz, used real knives and wore chainmail to protect themselves during the knife fight.

• Jim Stark's character (James Dean) was altered.

Fun Facts Continued

Interview with James Dean 1955

• Broke Barrierso Sexual content was strong for its timeo Emphasized on the true "teenage life"o Broke a barrier for teenagers

• Changed American Cultureo Males were expected to join army or work

and women were expected to be the typical housewife.

o During the time era of the film everything changed

Historical Information

• "You're tearing me apart!" - James Dean

• Important because it was expressed with deep emotion and frustration that James Dean felt throughout his life in the movie.

• 2007: The movie's line "You're tearing me apart" was voted as the #97 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere magazine.

• Imitated by modern famous actors.o Jim Carrey

Famous Quote

Jim Carrey's Imitation of James D.

THE CAST

James Dean (Jim Stark)

Corey Allen (BuzzGunderson)

Sal Mineo(John 'Plato' Crawford)

Natalie Wood (Judy)

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• American Film Institute. "AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES - 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION." AFI.com. American Film Institution. 2012. Web. 5 November 2012.

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Filmsite. AMC Filmsite/ AMC Network Entertainment. 2012. Web. 6 November 2012.

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