A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
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Iconic Movie Moments: 'Rebel Without a Cause'
Iconic Movie Moments: 'Rebel Without a Cause'
In celebration of the 65th anniversary of Rebel Without a Cause, we take a look back at the iconic film, starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo.
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- TriviaThe exterior of the mansion where the main characters confront each other with guns, as well as the empty pool in which they sit and discuss their lives, previously appeared in Sunset Boulevard (1950). The pool had been built specially for the earlier film, as a condition of renting the property from its owner, Mrs. Jean Paul Getty.
- GoofsWhen Jim takes the ammunition clip out of Plato's pistol, he fails to remove the round that would have already been housed in the chamber.
- Alternate versionsTo receive a UK cinema certificate, the film was extensively cut by the BBFC. The entire knife fight scene between Jim and Buzz was removed, and heavy edits were made to the chicken race scene, to shots of Jim attempting to throttle his father, and to the fight between Jim and probation officer Fremick. Although the distributors initially wanted an 'A' certificate, they were told that further cuts would have to be made, so the above print was released as an 'X'. All later UK releases were fully uncut, and since 1986 the film has been PG rated.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
- SoundtracksRide of the Valkyries
(uncredited)
from "Die Walküre"
Composed by Richard Wagner
[Hummed by Jim in the police station]
Featured review
Are we really tearing em apart?
I first saw this as a teen in the early 90s on a vhs.
Revisited it recently with my teen son.
The film portrayed the decay of confused teens n the differences and conflicts between teens n parents.
The film deals with the three main teens : 1)Jim - who is fed with his parents' bickering n his father's timid attitude.
2)Judy - who feels her father ignores n calls her names due to her clothes n lipstick.
3)Plato - a lonely kid whose father abandoned him when he was a toddler and his mother is always away.
All three of em James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood gave lovely performances. James Dean with his red jacket, blue jeans n white tshirt is the epitome of cool aft McQueen. We also have Dennis Hopper in a tiny role as a blue eyed goon who gets pushed aside.
The film deals with the three main teens : 1)Jim - who is fed with his parents' bickering n his father's timid attitude.
2)Judy - who feels her father ignores n calls her names due to her clothes n lipstick.
3)Plato - a lonely kid whose father abandoned him when he was a toddler and his mother is always away.
All three of em James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood gave lovely performances. James Dean with his red jacket, blue jeans n white tshirt is the epitome of cool aft McQueen. We also have Dennis Hopper in a tiny role as a blue eyed goon who gets pushed aside.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Rebelde sin causa
- Filming locations
- Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, California, USA(planetarium and climactic shootout)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $212,780
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $116,668
- Sep 23, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $216,637
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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