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Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause
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by Lawrence Frascella; Al Weisel

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Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of James Dean's tragic death, this is the definitive story of the American classic, "Rebel Without a Cause." of photos.

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The complete story behind the groundbreaking film Rebel Without a Cause is vividly revealed in this fascinating book as provocative as the film itself.

The revolutionary film Rebel Without a Cause has had a profound impact on both moviemaking and youth culture since its 1955 release, virtually giving birth to our concept of the American teenager. And the making of the movie was just as explosive for those involved. Against a backdrop of the Atomic Age and an old Hollywood studio system on the verge of collapse, four of Hollywood's most passionate artists had a cataclysmic and immensely influential meeting.

James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, and director Nicholas Ray were each at a crucial point in their careers. The young actors were grappling with their fame, burgeoning sexuality, and increasingly reckless behavior, and their on- and off-set relationships ignited as they engaged in Ray's vision of physical melees and psychosexual seductions of startling intensity.

Through interviews with the surviving members of the cast and crew and firsthand access to both personal and studio archives, the authors reveal Rebel's true drama: the director's affair with sixteen-year-old Wood, his tempestuous "spiritual marriage" with Dean, and his role in awakening the latent sexuality of Mineo, who would become the first gay teenager to appear on film.

This searing account of the upheaval the four artists experienced in the wake of Rebel is complete with thirty photographs, including ten never-before-seen photos by famed Dean photographer Dennis Stock.

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In the early 1950s, director Nicholas Ray was a regular at the classic Saturday night parties thrown by actress Betsy Blair and her husband, Gene Kelly-the kind of exclusive Hollywood soirees that would find Judy Garland singing at the piano, Leonard Bernstein playing charades or Greta Garbo sitting casually on the edge of the Kellys' kitchen sink.

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  • Title Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause
  • Author Lawrence Frascella; Al Weisel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, NY
  • Publication date 2006-11-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780743296182 / 0743296184
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 5.96 x 0.98 in (23.06 x 15.14 x 2.49 cm)
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.437

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Citations

  • New York Times, 01/07/2007, Page 28

About the author

Lawrence Frascella has served as chief movie critic of Us Magazine and theater critic for Entertainment Weekly, as well as an editor at Aperture. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Harper's Bazaar and Rolling Stone.

Al Weisel is a regular contributor to Premiere magazine, a former contributing editor at Us Weekly, and has written for Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Spin, and New York Newsday. He lives in New York City.

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