Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (2012)

Directors

Matthew Mishory

Cast

Clare Grant, Erin Daniels, James Preston, Robert Gant

The story

The film focuses on the time-span of 1950 to 1951, right before Dean takes off to New York, where he is discovered by Elia Kazan as a stage actor. The movie starts with Dean taking a trip to Joshua Tree, accompanied by the never named 'Roommate', who he is sexually involved with, and Violet, a struggling actress who is prone to giving advice to Dean. The film portrays Dean as having sex with men and women, and movie studio executives as well.

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