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Rebel Without a Cause

Movie · 1955 · 106 min

A brooding, tender portrait of restless youth, aching with loneliness and longing for understanding, building to a raw and sorrowful climax.

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1955 film directed by Nicholas Ray
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Year
1955
Runtime
106 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • friendship
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, teen, coming-of-age
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
Written by
Nicholas Ray, Stewart Stern, Irving Shulman
Starring
James Dean, Dennis Hopper, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Nick Adams, Jim Backus, Edward Platt, William Hopper
Music
Leonard Rosenman
Cinematography
Ernest Haller
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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