American Rebel: The Dean Reed Story (1985)

The story of Denver born international film and rock superstar Dean Reed as told by award winning filmmaker Will Roberts. This 1985 cult classic was filmed in the USA, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Russia and the Middle-East.

Director:

Will Roberts

Stars:

Renate Blume, Ruth Anna Brown, Phil Everly

Cast

Credited cast:
Renate Blume	...	Self
Ruth Anna Brown	...	Self
Phil Everly	...	Self
Paton Price	...	Self
Cyril Reed	...	Self
Dean Reed	...	Self
Will Roberts	...	Narrator
Ellen Wood	...	Narrator

Storyline

The story of Denver born international film and rock superstar Dean Reed as told by award winning filmmaker Will Roberts. This 1985 cult classic was filmed in the USA, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Russia and the Middle-East.

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Plot Keywords:

cult | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In April of 1986, CBS Sixty Minutes did a segment titled "The Defector" about Dean Reed. The next week it received an incredible amount of negative, hate mail from the USA viewers. Six week later, Dean Reeds fully clothed body was found floating in a lake near his home in East Berlin.

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Quotes

Paton Price: He was astonished at this new world, that he'd been catapulted into. And the quality of the people. He found them not to be the usual Hollywood, hard, hustling types, but youngsters who were seriously interested and dedicated to film, and film techniques.

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Italian Russian Spanish

Release Date:

5 August 1988 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Американский бунтарь: История Дина Рида

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Box Office

Budget:

$350,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ohio River Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color