Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Director:

Nicholas Ray

Writers:

Stewart Stern (screenplay)
Irving Shulman (adaptation)
(más)

Release Date:

27 octubre 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Teenage terror torn from today's headlines

Plot:

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

Plot Keywords:

Alienation | Toy | Absent Father | Father Daughter Relationship | Police Station

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

James Dean Cult-Classic about "misunderstood" teens in 1950s

Cast

James Dean	...	Jim Stark
Natalie Wood	...	Judy
Sal Mineo	...	John 'Plato' Crawford
Jim Backus	...	Frank Stark
Ann Doran	...	Mrs. Carol Stark
Corey Allen	...	Buzz Gunderson
William Hopper	...	Judy's Father
Rochelle Hudson	...	Judy's Mother
Dennis Hopper	...	Goon
Edward Platt	...	Ray Fremick
Steffi Sidney	...	Mil
Marietta Canty	...	Crawford family maid
Virginia Brissac	...	Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother
Beverly Long	...	Helen
Ian Wolfe	...	Dr. Minton (lecturer at planetarium)
Frank Mazzola	...	Crunch
Robert Foulk	...	Gene
Jack Simmons	...	Cookie
Tom Bernard	...	Harry
Nick Adams	...	Chick
Jack Grinnage	...	Moose
Clifford Morris	...	Cliff
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Dorothy Abbott	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Jimmy Baird	...	Beau (Judy's little brother) (uncredited)
Paul Birch	...	Police Chief (uncredited)
Paul Bryar	...	Desk sergeant #2 (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks	...	Ambulance attendant (uncredited)
Louise Lane	...	Policewoman (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh	...	Desk sergeant #1 (uncredited)
David McMahon	...	Crunch's father (uncredited)
Peter Miller	...	Hoodlum (uncredited)
Bruce Noonan	...	Monitor admonishing Plato (uncredited)
House Peters Jr.	...	Officer at police station (uncredited)
Stephanie Pond-Smith	...	Girl (uncredited)
Nicholas Ray	...	Man in last shot (uncredited)
Gus Schilling	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Almira Sessions	...	Old lady teacher (uncredited)
Dick Wessel	...	Planetarium guide (uncredited)
Robert Williams	...	Ed (Moose's father) (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Nicholas Ray

Créditos del guión
Stewart Stern		(screenplay)
Irving Shulman		(adaptation)
Nicholas Ray		(story)

Producida por
David Weisbart	....	producer

Música original por
Leonard Rosenman

Fotografía por
Ernest Haller		(director of photography)

Montaje por
William H. Ziegler		(as William Ziegler)

Diseño de producción por
Malcolm C. Bert		(uncredited)

Dirección artística
Malcolm C. Bert		(as Malcolm Bert)

Decorados
William Wallace

Diseño de vestuario por
Moss Mabry

Departamento de maquillaje
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor

Ayudante de dirección
Don Alvarado	....	assistant director (as Don Page)
Robert Farfan	....	assistant director
Gary Nelson	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Stanley Jones	....	sound
Carl Mahakian	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Especialistas
Rodney Amateau	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Ron Burke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Hickman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carey Loftin	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Floyd McCarty	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Dennis Stock	....	dialogue supervisor
Frank Mazzola	....	technical advisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1956) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (19??) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)

También conocida como:

Rebelde sin causa (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and thematic elements. (2005 re-issue)

Duración:

111 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Warnercolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (magnetic prints) | Mono (optical prints)

Clasificación:

USA:Not Rated (video rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1981) | Canada:14A (video rating) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1956) | USA:Approved (certificate #17504) (original rating) | Spain:T | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:18 | Norway:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (re-rating) (1976) | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:PG-13 (re-release) (2005) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

641 N. Irving Blvd., Midtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

Jim Stark was actually first intended to be more of a nerd, wearing a brown jacket and glasses. However, when Warner Bros. told director Nicholas Ray to re-shoot in color, Ray, as well as costumer Moss Mabry, wanted him to wear red.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the scene in which Jim takes the ammunition out of Plato's pistol, he fails to remove the round that would have already been housed in the chamber. While this movie was filmed way before the emergence of realistic gun violence in movies, this is something the nitpicks find annoying.

Quotes:

Jim Stark: I woke up this morning, you know... and the sun was shining, and it was nice, and all that type of stuff. And the first thing, I saw you, and, uh, I said, "Boy, this is gonna be one terrific day, so you better live it up, because tomorrow you'll be nothing. You see? And I almost was.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Forever James Dean (1988)

Soundtrack:

Five O'Clock Whistle

James Dean Cult-Classic about "misunderstood" teens in 1950s

Brilliant cast of well-known Hollywood icons in hard-hitting treatment of story that focuses on the hopelessness exhibited by many middle-class teenagers who were too young to recall the pains of WWII, but saw daily reminders of the threat of "the bomb", as well as inequities around them.

James Dean stands out as the troubled kid whose parents keep "moving" to escape their community's effects of their son's strange behavior. Equally great are the performances of Natalie Wood as a "wanna-be-bad-girl" who is hurt by her parents' implications that she is a "tramp"; and the child-like Sal Mineo, who lives in a mansion with a maid, but feels the pains of neglect from never-present parents.

The trio first meet at a police station, where they all see a well-meaning officer who is genuinely interested in getting these troubled kids back on the right track rather than throwing the book at them. He does seem to reach James Dean, who seeks help after getting into more trouble.

The relationship between the James Dean character and that of Sal Mineo is somewhat elusive. At times a more than friendly association is suggested, then the appearance of Natalie Wood makes it look like an odd threesome. 1950s America was definitely unprepared for any "spelling out" of suggested terms, so for nearly 50 years now anyone's guess as to what was going on here is as good as the next.

The supporting cast include Jim Backus as James Dean's well-to-do yet wimpish and henpecked father as well as a young Dennis Hopper as a member of a greaser gang. The parade of big name stars in itself is eye-candy of the highest caliber! References to scientific findings are still awe-inspiring today. Showing young college students' reactions to film footage during a lecture shows that humans can't fully grasp the insignificance of earthly life compared to the vastness of the universe. Carefully watch the final scene as the end credits are shown, when this "point" is driven home.

Rebel Without A Cause is one of the great classics with a sociological impact that has seldom been reached by any film, and likely never surpassed. This film is a ceaseless source of discussions. I recommend this film also for high school History, Sociology or Language Arts classes.