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East Of Eden
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Cal (James Dean) and Aron (Richard Davalos) are the sons of a modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman. Cal is moody and embittered by his belief that his father favors Aron. Although both Cal and Aron had long been led to believe that their mother had died 'and gone to heaven,' the opening scene reveals Cal has apparently learned that his mother is still alive, owning and running a successful brothel in nearby Monterey.
Cal (James Dean) and Aron (Richard Davalos) are the sons of a modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman. Cal is moody and embittered by his belief that his father favors Aron. Although both Cal and Aron had long been led to believe that their mother had died 'and gone to heaven,' the opening scene reveals Cal has apparently learned that his mother is still alive, owning and running a successful brothel in nearby Monterey.
Actors:
James Dean,
Jo Van Fleet,
Nick Dennis,
Albert Dekker,
Julie Harris,
Burl Ives,
Harold Gordon,
Raymond Massey,
Lois Smith,
Richard Davalos
James Dean
8 February 1931, Marion, Indiana, USA
Jo Van Fleet
29 December 1915, Oakland, California, USA
Nick Dennis
26 April 1904, Thessaly, Greece
Albert Dekker
20 December 1905, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Julie Harris
2 December 1925, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, USA
Burl Ives
14 June 1909, Hunt City, Illinois, USA
Harold Gordon
9 August 1918, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Raymond Massey
30 August 1896, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lois Smith
3 November 1930, Topeka, Kansas, USA
Richard Davalos
5 November 1930, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
7 September 1909, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Country:
United States
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Atlantic City Weekly
February 17, 2006
James Dean's finest performance
January 26, 2006
It's a film of great performances, atmospheric photography, and a sure sense of period and place.
April 14, 2014
Catches fire in the clashes between Dean (as the bad brother) and Raymond Massey as his stiff-necked dad.
December 02, 2007
Kazan had the bad sense to leave out the best parts from the lengthy book.
May 11, 2011
a reaction to our plutocracy's values and a further case for Dean as the sainted figure of rebellion that would fuel the generational schism of the '60s.
November 01, 2007
John Steinbeck's painful biblical allegory -- Genesis replayed in Monterey, California, circa 1917 -- is more palatable on the screen, thanks to the down-to-earth performances of James Dean as Cal/Cain and Richard Davalos as Aron/Abel.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
In short, there is energy and intensity but little clarity and emotion in this film. It is like a great, green iceberg: mammoth and imposing but very cold.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
March 20, 2008
Fine James Dean vehicle, one of few that put him into immortality.
December 06, 2005
Not only one of Kazan's richest films and Dean's first significant role, it is also arguably the actor's best performance.
January 29, 2009
East of Eden is set in 1917 but [James] Dean feels completely modern and contemporary, a boy not quite comfortable in his body.
November 28, 2015
Rich historical detail and good visuals make interesting film.