Rebel Without A Cause: Movie

Movie Premiere
Astor Theatre New York Ocotober 26, 1955

Awards
Rebel Without A Cause sadly was never nominated for an Academy Award. However, both Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo did receive nominations for their performances.

Other Film Facts

Filming began on March 28, 1955 and was completed on May 25, 1955.

Rebel cost $600,000 to produce.

Adults were disturbed by the film stating that it advocated violence, death, madness and indicted parents for comitting sings against their spoiled children. Wonder what those same parents would say about today's films?

Warner Brothers originally proposed that Tab Hunter and Jayne Mansfield play the leading roles of Jim and Judy.

James Dean insisted on doing the fight scenes for real against the requests of crew and production staff. He did nevertheless agree to wear a protective vest.

This was Natalie Wood's frist adult or near adult role in movies.

James parodies 'Mr.Magoo'(Jim Backus' animated character) in the scene around the pool. Warner Brothers asked James to change it to Bugs Bunny instead, who was a Warner Brothers character unlike Mr. Magoo.

The mansion originally belonged to J.Paul Getty and was rented at $200 a day for the filming. The same house appeared in the movie Sunset Boulevard. Now torn down, the house orginally was on Wishire Boulevard and Crenshaw Avenue.

James actually broke two bones in his hand when he hit the desk in Officer Ray's office.

The film covers a 24 hour period and was changed from the original Christmas time to Easter.

Locations used in the movie included Santa Monica Community College, the Hollywood jail, and the D.W. Griffith Observatory and Planetarium. James was not new to two of these locations. Five years before he had attended Santa Monica Community College and he had made a pepsi commercial at Griffith Park. Today there is a monument at the Observatory honoring James.

This movie has been categorized as 'cursed' because of the ill fated turn of events which later befell many of the major stars of the film. James of course was killed in a car crash months after filming. Nick Adams (Moose) was found dead of a drug overdose in 1976;Sal Mineo (Plato) was murdered outside of his West Hollywood home in 1978; William Hopper (Judy's father), Edward Platt (Officer Ray) and Nicholas Ray (Director) all died of natural causes. Pier Angeli (James one time girlfriend) died of a drug overdose and Natalie Wood sadly drowned in the waters of Catalina in 1981.

	Filming began on March 28, 1955 and was completed on May 25, 1955.
	Rebel cost $600,000 to produce.
	Adults were disturbed by the film stating that it advocated violence, death, madness and indicted parents for comitting sings against their spoiled children. Wonder what those same parents would say about today's films?
	Warner Brothers originally proposed that Tab Hunter and Jayne Mansfield play the leading roles of Jim and Judy.
	James Dean insisted on doing the fight scenes for real against the requests of crew and production staff. He did nevertheless agree to wear a protective vest.
	This was Natalie Wood's frist adult or near adult role in movies.
	James parodies 'Mr.Magoo'(Jim Backus' animated character) in the scene around the pool. Warner Brothers asked James to change it to Bugs Bunny instead, who was a Warner Brothers character unlike Mr. Magoo.
	The mansion originally belonged to J.Paul Getty and was rented at $200 a day for the filming. The same house appeared in the movie Sunset Boulevard. Now torn down, the house orginally was on Wishire Boulevard and Crenshaw Avenue.
	James actually broke two bones in his hand when he hit the desk in Officer Ray's office.
	The film covers a 24 hour period and was changed from the original Christmas time to Easter.
	Locations used in the movie included Santa Monica Community College, the Hollywood jail, and the D.W. Griffith Observatory and Planetarium. James was not new to two of these locations. Five years before he had attended Santa Monica Community College and he had made a pepsi commercial at Griffith Park. Today there is a monument at the Observatory honoring James.
	This movie has been categorized as 'cursed' because of the ill fated turn of events which later befell many of the major stars of the film. James of course was killed in a car crash months after filming. Nick Adams (Moose) was found dead of a drug overdose in 1976;Sal Mineo (Plato) was murdered outside of his West Hollywood home in 1978; William Hopper (Judy's father), Edward Platt (Officer Ray) and Nicholas Ray (Director) all died of natural causes. Pier Angeli (James one time girlfriend) died of a drug overdose and Natalie Wood sadly drowned in the waters of Catalina in 1981.