James Dean: Forever Young (2005)

Documentary of the brief but memorable career of the now iconic James Dean. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film focuses much attention on his early work for television, and utilizes a ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael J. Sheridan

Writers:

Michael J. Sheridan, Kevin J. Sheridan

Stars:

Martin Sheen, Corey Allen, Pier Angeli

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Martin Sheen	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Corey Allen	...	Self (archive footage)
Pier Angeli	...	Self (archive footage)
Ed Begley	...	Self (archive footage)
Milton Berle	...	Self (archive footage)
John Carradine	...	Self (archive footage)
Sarah Churchill	...	Self (archive footage)
Hume Cronyn	...	Self (archive footage)
Vic Damone	...	Self (archive footage)
Richard Davalos	...	Self (archive footage)
James Dean	...	Self (archive footage)
Wendy Drew	...	Self (archive footage)
John Forsythe	...	Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Gish	...	Self (archive footage)
Don Hanmer	...	Self (archive footage) (as Don Hammer)

Storyline

Documentary of the brief but memorable career of the now iconic James Dean. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film focuses much attention on his early work for television, and utilizes a variety of archival footage in order to tell the story of the young man who gained immortality with only three feature films to his credit.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in American Masters: James Dean: Sense Memories (2005)

User Reviews

Terrific Look at Dean's Work

James Dean: Forever Young (2005)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Extremely impressive documentary about the final five years in the life of James Dean. The documentary, narrated by Martin Sheen, is certainly unlike any other you're going to see. For starters, there are countless documentaries, magazine articles and countless other tributes to Dean. I mean, after all there is a reason he's still so highly recognized all these years after his death. If you want to learn about his childhood then there's plenty of information out there. If you want to hear about his public life then that too is out there. This documentary doesn't just focus on his life, career or death but instead it tries to show you a little bit of everything that he was doing. Using film clips, TV episodes, home made movies and countless other items, this documentary starts at the beginning of Dean's career and travels down to his final three movies. I really enjoyed how the documentary tried to cover every aspect of Dean's professional life. We get to see countless clips that would take you hours to track down via the web or other sources and to have all of it within an 88-minutes film is just terrific for fans. We see the work that he did on TV. We get behind the scenes stuff from the set of GIANT. We get to see the places that Dean hung out at before he became famous. We even get to see some rare photos of him hanging out with friends and other celebrities. Best of all are some outtakes from EAST OF EDEN and the early screen tests including one with Paul Newman. We even get the now legendary public service spot that Dean shot just days before his death. If you're a fan of Dean then this here is going to be a dream come true simply because of how much footage we get to see. The early television stuff was especially exciting to see as were some of the lesser known shows that he did early in his career.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 May 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

James Dean - Por siempre joven

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Icons Inc., Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Black and White Color