Plot Synopsis:
James Dean stars in a movie that shocked the United States with a performance that still electrifies the screen twenty-five years after his untimely death prior to the film's release. In this archetypal drama of teenage angst and rebellion, three high school students who should lead idyllic lives in their stable, comfortable suburban families explode with a violence and sexuality that their parents cannot understand. This film--which ripped the façade from the post-war American dream to expose the rage of the country's youth--resonates with an energy that has made it a modern classic and a powerful coming-of-age story.
The 1955 film is directed by Nicholas Ray from a story by Ray, a screenplay by Stewart Stern and an adaptation by Irving Shulman. It is produced by David Weisbart and James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, and William Hopper.
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."
Rebel Without a Cause Ultra HD Blu-ray contains the following previously released special features:
- Commentary Douglas L. Rathgeb
- “James Dean Remembered” (1974 TV special)
- “Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents” (featurette)
- “Dennis Hopper: Memories from the Warner Lot” (featurette)
- Screen Tests
- Wardrobe Tests
- Deleted Scenes