Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Rebel Without a Cause
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From this Saturday at 2am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 7am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day , it’s
the described movie Rebel Without a Cause from 1955.
Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers.
Filmed in the recently introduced CinemaScope format and directed by Nicholas Ray, it offered both social commentary and an alternative to previous films depicting delinquents in urban slum environments.
The film was a groundbreaking attempt to portray the moral decay of American youth, critique parental style, and explore the differences and conflicts between generations.
The title was adopted from psychiatrist Robert M. Lindner's 1944 book, Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath. The film, however, does not make any references to Lindner's book in any way.
Warner Bros. released the film on 27 October, 1955.
Over the years, the film has achieved landmark status for the acting of cultural icon Dean, fresh from his Oscar nominated role in East of Eden and who died before the film's release, in his most celebrated role. This was the only film during Dean's lifetime in which he received top billing. In 1990, Rebel Without a Cause was added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant".
Directed by: Nicholas Ray.
Produced by: David Weisbart.
Screenplay by: Stewart Stern.
Story by: Nicholas Ray.
Adaptation: Irving Shulman.
Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen and William Hopper.
Music by: Leonard Rosenman.
Cinematography: Ernest Haller.
Edited by: William H. Ziegler,
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 27 October, 1955.
Running time: 111 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $1.5 million.
Box office:$4.5 million (US rentals).
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