The James Dean Story (1957)
• August 13th, 1957 • 1h 21min
Documentary
Overview
Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Released on: 2022-09-17
Documentary
Exploring the life of Grace Kelly, the Hollywood star who became Princess Grace of Monaco. The film ...
Vivement Truffaut
Released on: 1985-07-12
Documentary
A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly nam...
Salò: Fade to Black
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary
A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.
The Human Eye
Released on: 1999-01-01
Documentary
A 55-minute film by director Xavier Giannoli that analyses 'À nos amours'. The film features former ...
The First Scientific Science-Fiction Film
Released on: 1993-01-01
Documentary
A short documentary about Fritz Lang's film 'Frau im Mond', and its relation to the science and hist...
The World Is a Window: Making The Colour of Pomegranates
Released on: 2011-08-29
Documentary
A documentary by writer and filmmaker Daniel Bird about the making of Sergei Parajanov's 'The Colour...
Memories of «Sayat Nova»
Released on: 2006-10-15
Documentary
A short documentary by Levon Grigoryan about the making of Parajanov's «Sayat-Nova», or «The Colour ...
Roundhay Garden Scene
Released on: 1888-10-14
Documentary
The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed to be the second moving picture ever created, wa...
The Concentration Universe: Making Goto, Isle of Love
Released on: 2014-09-08
Documentary
A documentary about Borowczyk's 'Goto, Isle of Love' and its creation, featuring key cast and crew m...
Film Is Not a Sausage: Borowczyk and the Short Film
Released on: 2014-09-08
Documentary
A documentary about Walerian Borowczyk's short films and animation, featuring his collaborators from...
The Great Stone Face
Released on: 1968-01-01
Documentary
A documentary about the work of Buster Keaton.
Rocío
Released on: 1980-07-01
Documentary
The film shows the genesis of the El Rocío pilgrimage and unveils the economic, socio-political and ...
Decasia: The State of Decay
Released on: 2002-01-24
Documentary
A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage...
Here and Elsewhere
Released on: 1976-09-15
Documentary
Here and Elsewhere takes its name from the contrasting footage it shows of the fedayeen and of a Fre...
Naked Cinema
Released on: 2010-04-08
Documentary
In the early 70s Greek cinema entered in a period of crisis. One of its aspects was said "crisis of ...
Naples Is a Battlefield
Released on: 1944-09-01
Documentary
The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the ...
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Released on: 2019-12-31
Documentary, TV Movie
How a young and wild tomboy Tunisian girl became a great actress by accident. Claudia Cardinale : th...
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Released on: 2021-08-04
Documentary
Jackie Chan is a true icon of Asian and Chinese culture. Over a 45-year-long career, he has carved a...
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Released on: 2008-07-03
Documentary
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journ...
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Released on: 2007-10-17
Documentary, History, TV Movie, Crime
The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...