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'If a man can live on after he's died, then maybe he was a great man.' -- James Dean

Five decades after the death of James Dean, he is still revered as a distant myth and remains an enigma to a generation that hardly knows him. Yet it is this generation that has made him the most idolized actor of all time. While his film career lasted only sixteen months, it... Read Full Overview

Five decades after the death of James Dean, he is still revered as a distant myth and remains an enigma to a generation that hardly knows him. Yet it is this generation that has made him the most idolized actor of all time. While his film career lasted only sixteen months, it... Read Full Overview

James Dean--dead at twenty-four, and still, three decades later, one of the most charismatic and idolized actors of alltime. His film career lasted only sixteen months, but it produced three cinematic greats: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant, and his untimely death... Read Full Overview

James Dean--dead at twenty-four, and still, three decades later, one of the most charismatic and idolized actors of alltime. His film career lasted only sixteen months, but it produced three cinematic greats: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant, and his untimely death... Read Full Overview

James Dean died in 1955 at the age of 24, blazing out his position as the 'first American teenager' and destined forever to exemplify the spirit of rebellion and defiance. His film career lasted only sixteen months, but it produced three cinematic greats: East of Eden, Rebel... Read Full Overview