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A photographer for Life Magazine is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean.

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A snapshot in time-the film chronicles the story behind the 1955 LIFE magazine photo thread by Dennis Stock of then-rising star, James Dean, and gives us an inside look at some of Hollywood's most iconic images and into the life of a gifted, but troubled man.

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photographer | actor | 1950s | See All (3) »

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From Rebel to Icon. Based on a True Story.

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Rated R for some sexuality/nudity and language | See all certifications »

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4 December 2015 (USA)  »

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Life - Um Retrato de James Dean  »

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The film's release is to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of James Dean's death. See more »

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Dennis's son had not finished his sandwich when they left the park. Where did the bag go? See more »

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References Port Afrique (1956) See more »

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I'm Wild About You Baby
Written by Bob Shad
Performed by Lightnin Hopkins (as Lightening Hopkins)
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More like a character study drama then a real biopic
17 March 2016 | by (Lithuania) – See all my reviews

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Life" (2015) isn't a real biopic. It is more of a persons portrait in that particular time and place - not the best, not the worst. Strange to say but "Life" is more like a character study movie then a real biopic about James Dean. Dane DeHaan acting was quite interesting. I'm still not sure was it good, but it surely wasn't the best real life person interpretation ever. Other were OK, nothing special.

Overall, if you are looking for a good James Dean biopic, this movie will probably be a bit disappointing. It is not particularly involving one, it is more of character study drama. Directing was pretty nice, although at the running time 1 h 45 min this movie is very slow paced, it is not a bad movie by any means, just not particularly engaging one because of the script. 7/10 in my opinion.


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