Rent East of Eden (1955)
3.6 of 5 from 136 ratings
1h 53min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by Elia Kazan, 'East of Eden' is the first of three major films that make up James Dean's movie legacy. The 24-year-old idol-to-be plays Cal, a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favoured brother Aron (Richard Davalos).
- Actors:
- James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Dekker, Lois Smith, Harold Gordon, Nick Dennis, Abdullah Abbas, Rose Allen, José Arias, Frank Baker, Barbara Baxley, John Beradino, Joe Brooks, Timothy Carey, Jack Carr, Wheaton Chambers
- Directors:
- Elia Kazan
- Producers:
- Elia Kazan
- Voiced By:
- Lou Marcelle
- Narrated By:
- Lou Marcelle
- Writers:
- John Steinbeck, Paul Osborn
- Aka:
- John Steinbeck's East of Eden
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 100 Years of Paul Newman, Award Winners, Brando: A Centenary Celebration, Cinema and the First World War, Drama Films & TV, Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels, Oscar Nominations Competition 2024, Oscar Nominations Competition 2025, People of the Pictures, Remembering Julian Sands and Frederic Forrest, Remembering Terence Stamp, Three Ps of Perfection, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top Films
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/11/2015
- Run Time:
- 117 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0, Czech Dolby Digital 1.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 3.0, German Dolby Digital 3.0, Italian Dolby Digital 3.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Castillian, Chinese, Complex Mandarin, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, German Hard of Hearing, Hebrew, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Richard Schickel
- Trailer
- New 50th-Anniversary Documentary East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
- Vintage Documentary Forever James Dean
- Additional Scenes
- Screen Tests
- Wardrobe, Costume and Production Design Tests
- 19 March 1955 New York Premiere Footage
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/11/2023
- Run Time:
- 117 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, English Dolby Atmos, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French Dolby Digital 3.0, German Dolby Digital 3.0, Italian Dolby Digital 3.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Italian Hard of Hearing, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.55:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Richard Schickel
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Reviews (2) of East of Eden
Very irritated - East of Eden review by MR
To get sent this disc of ‘bonus material’ as a separate choice just feels like a con. A complete waste of a film and we did not even consciously ask for this. Going straight back!
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Landmark Adaptation (spoiler). - East of Eden review by Steve
Elia Kazan's beautiful epic only tells the last part of John Steinbeck's long novel and simplifies what remains. It is a loose updating of the biblical story of Cain and Abel relocated to California, which plugs into the landmark, method inspired performance of its debuting star, James Dean.
The generational schism between the introverted, maladjusted son (Dean) and his domineering, righteous father (Raymond Massey) captures the spirit of the '50s rather than the early century setting. The search by the young man for personal identity and freedom was a sensation with teenagers.
What most attracts now is Kazan's spacious, artistic rendition of the Salinas Valley, California on the edge of WWI, in Cinemascope. It is a gorgeous production. The colour and camera effects still look amazing. Though its only Oscar went to Jo Van Fleet as Dean's estranged mother.
Sadly the film ends badly with the boy seeking and finding understanding from the stubborn, dying patriarch, which negates the rest of the story. But it remains an ambitious blockbuster about all the big biblical sins. And the legend of James Dean still lives in his only starring film released before his death.
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