In one of cinemas most influential, & gripping, roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration & anger mirrored those of most postwar teens
- & reverberates more than 40 years later. Natalie Wood (as Jims girlfriend Judy) & Sal Mineo (in his screen debut as Jims tag-along pal Plato) were Academy Award nominees for their achingly true performances. Director Nicholas Ray was also an Oscar nominee for this landmark film chosen a