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James Dean refused to undergo a lengthy make-up process for his later scenes, claiming "a man of for [...]	D
Rock Hudson was on loan from Universal-International and Elizabeth Taylor was on loan from MGM for t [...]	D
As part of his direction of Rock Hudson, George Stevens took him to screenings of movies starring Ga [...]	D
James Dean called the shooting style of producer and director George Stevens the "around the clock" [...]	D
In 1956, Rock Hudson starred in two movies that are often cited as major influences on television so [...]	D
Early on, when having dinner with his hosts, Rock Hudson describes Texas being like another country [...]	D
Pier Angeli, Rita Moreno, and Gloria Rhoads were considered for the role of Juana Guerra Benedict.	D
In a prolonged scene, ranch hand Angel Obregon has been killed in World War II and his body returned [...]	D
During breaks in filming, James Dean got the local cowboys to teach him how to handle a lariat and h [...]	D
Carroll Baker, who played Dame Elizabeth Taylor's daughter, was older than Taylor.	D
When Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. (Rock Hudson) and his cronies are attempting to buy off Jett Rink's [...]	D
According to Phyllis Gates, who visited her husband Rock Hudson on the set, James Dean drove a Jeep, [...]	D
Dame Elizabeth Taylor forged a close bond with James Dean. Some nights they would sit up late as he [...]	D
James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Dennis Hopper appeared in Rebel Without a Cause (1955).	D
Leon Ames and Dean Jagger were considered for Dr. Horace Lynnton.	D
At the premiere of this movie, some of the teenagers in the theater wept when they saw James Dean ap [...]	D
During location shooting, Warner Brothers gave the principal cast members battered old Chevrolets to [...]	D
Ben Johnson tried out for the role of Bale Clinch.	D
George Stevens made this movie for no upfront salary, but a percentage of the (substantial) profits.	D
At the beginning of this movie, Bick and Leslie Benedict are sleeping in the same bed. When their ch [...]	D
Jett Rink was based upon the life of Texas oilman Glenn H. McCarthy (1907-1988), an Irish immigrant [...]	D
In the 2005 DVD release, there is what appears to be an inside joke in the chapter listings of the s [...]	D
Rock Hudson and James Dean did not get along. Although later rumors would suggest that Dean had reje [...]	D
According to Rock Hudson, producer and director George Stevens did most of his direction of the acto [...]	D
L.Q. Jones and Strother Martin were considered for the role of Pinky Smythe. Both actors were famili [...]	D
At one point, James Dean was said to have ruined an outdoor scene by yelling "Cut!" and then unzippi [...]	D
Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Sydney Chaplin, Richard Basehart, JosÃ© Ferrer, Va [...]	D
Interesting note is that Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who played Leslie, was a year younger than Carroll B [...]	D
Gloria Grahame was up for the roles of Leslie, Luz Benedict II, and Vashti Snythe.	D
After the sudden death of James Dean during filming, Dame Elizabeth Taylor was excused from the set [...]	D
While in Marfa, Texas, Rock Hudson learned how to ride a horse from a local rodeo champion and "hors [...]	D
James Dean's rebellious behavior started with the press luncheon announcing the start of production. [...]	D
James Dean hadn't recuperated from making Rebel Without a Cause (1955) before beginning on this movi [...]	D
Ãngel ObregÃ³n II was some years older than Jordan Benedict III 'Jordy', but actually Dennis Ho [...]	D
When the big house is viewed from a distance, it might well have helped inspire the Addams Family ma [...]	D
For the scenes where Rock Hudson had to play Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. as an older man, he had to [...]	D
George Stevens wanted to cast fading star Alan Ladd, who he'd cast in Il cavaliere della valle solit [...]	D
George Stevens shot 875,000 feet of film.	D
Vera Miles and Natalie Wood were considered for Lacey Lynnton. Fran Bennett tried out for the role, [...]	D
Rock Hudson, who roomed briefly with James Dean and co-star Chill Wills during filming, shared Georg [...]	D
Robert Francis, John Kerr, Jack Lemmon, Kevin McCarthy, and Leonard Nimoy were considered for Jordan [...]	D
The famous final scene in which Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. battles it out with the racist owner of [...]	D
Richard Burton was interested in the role of Jett Rink.	D
Elsa Cardenas, playing Juana Guerra, has a striking resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor. That might expl [...]	D
Except for Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, who stayed in rented houses, everybody else in the [...]	D
Although they had enjoyed a congenial relationship making Un posto al sole (1951), Dame Elizabeth Ta [...]	D
This movie has been homaged in several other movies, notably Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) and Fanda [...]	D
According to Rock Hudson and Dame Elizabeth Taylor, the day after James Dean's death was announced, [...]	D
The first scenes Rock Hudson shot were his reactions as an outsider at the Maryland home where he me [...]	D
When Rock Hudson was cast, producer and director George Stevens asked him who he preferred as his le [...]	D
In the 1940s and 1950s, the usual policy for movies where characters would start young and get older [...]	D
Originally budgeted just shy of $2 million, this movie ended up costing over $5 million. Despite the [...]	D
John Wayne, William Holden, Forrest Tucker, Sterling Hayden, Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, He [...]	D
Included amongst the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies, th [...]	D
During this production shoot James Dean appeared in an informal black-and-white television commercia [...]	D
James Dean refused to show up for one Saturday call because he had planned to move that day. A week [...]	D
Carroll Baker told interviewers that at the premiere, many fans turned up thinking that James Dean's [...]	D
Rod Taylor makes a brief appearance as Dame Elizabeth Taylor's proper British fiancee.	D
John Carradine and John McIntire were considered for Judge Oliver Whiteside.	D
Carroll Baker was 3 years older than Fran Bennett and 5 years older than Dennis Hopper, her older si [...]	D
Shelley Winters tried out for the role of Vashti Snythe.	D
Dame Judith Anderson, Bette Davis, Ann Harding, Dame Angela Lansbury, Agnes Moorehead, Claire Trevor [...]	D
With Dame Elizabeth Taylor spending time with her two co-stars, rumors flew that she was involved wi [...]	D
James Dean was so desperate to be in this movie that he offered to work for a minimal salary.	D
George Stevens had a hard time directing James Dean. The problem started with Stevens' ordering Dean [...]	D
Mercedes McCambridge's Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominated performance was the only on [...]	D
Rock Hudson and Dame Elizabeth Taylor remained close friends the rest of their lives, although they [...]	D
Features Rock Hudson's only Oscar nominated performance.	D
When Leslie's siblings ask Bick how big his ranch is, he reluctantly answers five hundred ninety-fiv [...]	D
Three days before shooting was scheduled to start, James Dean was entered in an auto race in Palm Sp [...]	D
James Dean finished principal photography on Friday, September 23, 1955, and died in a car crash a w [...]	D
One night during location shooting, Mercedes McCambridge and James Dean were so mad at producer and [...]	D
James Dean tragically died eight days after the completion of this movie, in his brand new Porsche 5 [...]	D
George Stevens had the Palace, an old movie theatre that had been boarded up two years earlier, reop [...]	D
James Dean made friends with George Stevens' assistant Fred Guiol, which gave him an excuse to visit [...]	D
Off-screen, James Dean called Mercedes McCambridge "Madama", his character's nickname for her in thi [...]	D
Although appalled by his lack of professionalism, George Stevens was always highly complimentary abo [...]	D
The part of Jett Rink was envisioned by both Ferber and Stevens as a tall, powerful, and extroverted [...]	D
The screenplay had only seventy pages of dialogue for a three hour and twenty-one minute movie.	D
Rod Taylor was cast in one of his earliest Hollywood roles after being seen in Studio 57: The Black [...]	D
Wanting to emphasize the height of the Benedict mansion, the oil wells and Rink's hotel, producer an [...]	D
Earl Holliman found George Stevens so charming that "I never once had a chance to say I didn't want [...]	D
Sam Peckinpah's filmography begins after the release of "Giant". His casting choices would not have [...]	D
It was James Dean who suggested to producer and director George Stevens that Jett Rink's final drunk [...]	D
Shooting in Texas during the summer was far from comfortable, with temperatures rising as high as on [...]	D
Production notes claimed that of the hundreds of Texans hired to play extras in this movie, ten were [...]	D
On the day he completed his last scene, James Dean had a new Porsche Spyder delivered to the set at [...]	D
The character of Jett Rink inspired Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on Dallas (1978) and Dallas [...]	D
Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, and Dub Taylor were considered for Gabe Target.	D
This movie spent an entire year in the editing suites.	D
The painting hanging in the Reata mansion is now displayed, with a plaque explaining its part in thi [...]	D
Rock Hudson claimed that he was chosen for the coveted role of Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. largely b [...]	D
Rock Hudson said he usually didn't watch his own movies on TV, since he was often very critical of h [...]	D
After James Dean's death late in production, Nick Adams provided Rink's voice for a few lines.	D
Gary Cooper happened to be at Warner Brothers the day Mercedes McCambridge was doing hair and make-u [...]	D
The massive painting seen on the set of the Benedict house is now in the Menger Hotel in San Antonio [...]	D
In the final fist fight, note how Rock Hudson's punches are slightly louder than the diner owner's, [...]	D
Clark Gable was considered for the role of Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr., but was rejected as too old [...]	D
Location filming took place for two months outside of the tiny Texas town of Marfa. Producer and dir [...]	D
The heat in Texas was so great that during one day of shooting, Mercedes McCambridge's make-up melte [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Fontaine, Irene Dunne, Olivia de Havilland, Deborah Kerr, [...]	D
Ava Gardner was considered for the leading role, but was unable to leave Pakistan, where she was fil [...]	D
A DVD version of this movie was released in Canada, but not the U.S. - unusual for an American movie [...]	D
Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr.'s (Rock Hudson's) ranch estate comprised "about" five hundred ninety-fiv [...]	D
Although Dame Elizabeth Taylor always said she was not involved with either of her co-stars, during [...]	D
Dame Elizabeth Taylor and husband Michael Wilding invited Rock Hudson and his future wife to their h [...]	D
James Dean objected to being kept waiting for his scenes. After being called to the set three days i [...]	D
Morris Ankrum, Ralph Bellamy, Charles Bickford, Ward Bond, Walter Brennan, Johnny Mack Brown, Albert [...]	D
Dawn Addams, Carroll Baker, Joanne Dru, Martha Hyer, Piper Laurie, Elizabeth Montgomery, Inger Steve [...]	D
The "Neiman's" in Dallas mentioned is Neiman-Marcus, a storied and high end department store that be [...]	D
Uncredited theatrical movie debut of Barbara Barrie (Mary Lou Decker).	D
Mickey Simpson (Sarge) and Maxine Gates (Waitress at Sarge's) appeared in The Three Stooges shorts.	D
In an interview, Rock Hudson, claimed that when he viewed this movie for the first time with an audi [...]	D
Included amongst the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
This was the highest grossing movie in Warner Brothers' history until the release of L'esorcista (19 [...]	D
Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. and Reata Ranch were based on Robert "Bob" J. Kleberg, Jr. (1896-1974) a [...]	D
When the production moved to Marfa, Texas, on June 6 for location filming, the Victorian mansion set [...]	D
Dame Elizabeth Taylor was said to be so upset the day after James Dean was killed that she was excus [...]	D
Producer and director George Stevens cast Rock Hudson after seeing him as a gunfighter who ages over [...]	D
Charles Bronson, Richard Davalos, James Best, Claude Jarman, Jr., Jack Lord, Fess Parker, Russ Tambl [...]	D
The start date of this movie was delayed a few months so that Dame Elizabeth Taylor could give birth [...]	D
A poster of James Dean as the young Jett featured prominently in the Rec Room of Wentworth Detention [...]	D
Orson Welles was inspired by this movie to make L'altra faccia del vento (2018), one of his many unf [...]	D
Final theatrical movie of Ray Whitley (Watts).	D
James Dean was so completely immersed in his character that he hardly ever changed out of his costum [...]	D
Production designer Boris Leven's design for the living room at the Benedict ranch house "Reata" was [...]	D
George Stevens considered casting Audrey Hepburn as Leslie, before deciding that she was too sophist [...]	D
One day when some of the local residents were watching some of the day's location filming, James Dea [...]	D
Although Dennis Hopper played the son of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, in real life, he was only four years [...]	D
James Dean and producer and director George Stevens constantly clashed with each other during filmin [...]	D

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