East of Eden

East of Eden

  • Director: Elia Kazan
  • Writer: John Steinbeck,Paul Osborn
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 10, 1955
  • Aspect ratio: 2.55 : 1
  • Also known as: John Steinbeck's East of Eden
  • "East of Eden" is a feature film directed by The Actor's Director , starring James Dean and released on March 9, 1955.
    The film is based on John Steinbeck’s work of the same name. It tells the clever and sentimental young farmer Karl. Because he has not been loved by his strict father, he deliberately exposes his mother’s secrets, strikes at the innocent twin brothers, and finally leads to the family. Broken story   .

    Details

    • Release date April 10, 1955
    • Filming locations Denslow-Morgan-Preston Mansion - 45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino, California, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros.

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $24,079

    Movie reviews

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    • By Clotilde 2022-01-07 15:52:46

      revenge

      James Dean's rebellious, evil and pitiful image is his most popular on-screen image. In this film, the love-less boy who yearns for his father's love and wants to be treated equally between his two brothers is trapped in jealousy. But he is also a beautiful boy who is extremely popular with girls, but he doesn't seem to gain much confidence and satisfaction from it, nor escape into nothingness because of the frustration of family relationships, and walk into the chaotic...

    • By Therese 2022-01-07 15:52:46

      Grand melodrama

      Elijah Kazan is very powerful, Steinbeck is such an ambitious masterpiece, he changed it into a melodrama of less than 2 hours, directly from Cal’s search for mother, the emotional entanglement between brothers, father and son, mother and son, and men and women. Everything is covered. James Dean fits Cal, a kid with evil nature and angel face. After that, his characters in the Legend of Giants and Unreasonable Resistance are also very similar to Cal. I really like my father Adam, a purist. He...

    • By Cora 2022-01-07 15:52:46

      Every boy has a Dean in his heart

      It was the night a few years ago, with my hands in my pockets, I was alone on the street where the snowflakes were flying, like a lonely wanderer. Recalling this situation and situation reminds me of the lonely teenager who disappeared in the world half a century ago.
           The boy had a miserable childhood, his eyes were deep with melancholy, his beauty was suffocating, his talents made Marlon Brando ashamed, and his incredible stubbornness made him lonely. . But after that, a whole...

    • By Rosario 2022-01-07 15:52:46

      In fact, rebellious babies are easily satisfied, typically eating soft but not hard.

      1. The director's handling of family ethics and humanity's fine gifts is like flowing water. No matter the rhythm or the depth, there is no regret, very convincing.

      2. JamesDean's unruly, decadent, gentle, and kind-hearted are all in his bones, and he has an eye for casting roles. In this film, he asked his mother for 5,000 US dollars. His mother said that their personality is very similar to the line and the opponent scene, and they are very brilliant.

      3. Children who lack love...

    • By Chelsea 2022-01-07 15:52:46

      Not Dean is Carl, but Carl is Dean

      I think a large part of the people who look at this movie now are for James Dean. It was the same with me, and it was this movie that changed my favorite actor from Heath Ledger to James Dean. Among the actors I have seen, Dean is the only one who can be said to be a genius, a truly born actor. When I first watched "La Traviata", Garbo was shocked, and he didn't shock me as much as Dean.
      Garbo’s Margarita makes me think that Garbo is Margarita. And Dean played Carl, which makes me think...

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    • By Alexandria 2023-04-26 23:06:06

      How long does it take to fall in love with James Dean? Half the time of East of Eden. Such a lovely boy, such a good actor, such a moving movie. At the end, I was crying and laughing. Sometimes love is about feeling...

    • By Mauricio 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      It was obvious that she was going to be the wife of her brother, but her father asked her brother to be with her when Ben didn't even know that she had a secret relationship with her brother. To this point:...

    • By Greyson 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Old movies always have strong dramatic conflicts, but there are also many inexplicable...

    • By Trevor 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Very popular ethics drama James Troubled youth Dean tracking shot Sloping diagonal lines Sharp...

    • By Zelma 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      All you need is love. One more star for James...

    Movie plot

    The story takes place on the eve of World War I. A father and twin brothers lived on a farm in Northern California. My father is very upright and a kind and pious Christian. The elder brother is Aaron and the younger brother is Karl. Aaron has a beautiful girlfriend, Abra, who is in a good relationship and plans to get married when they graduate. This made my younger brother very jealous, always looking at them with hatred from afar....
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    Evaluation action

    Director Kazan made a bold move, excluding the minor details of the original work, and the narrative space is relatively streamlined. However, because of the lack of foreshadowing, the words and deeds of the characters in the film are not explained, and there are many jumps. Kazan’s concept of "freedom" has always been the core of his works. In this film, the platform for "freedom" fighting is the family. If the final reconciliation is...
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    Movie quotes

    • Kate: [after Cal asks why she shot his father] Because he tried to hold me, he tried to tie me down! Nobody holds me!

    • Abra: [telling Cal she loves him] I was even thinking I was bad. I love you even though I'm afraid of you. Maybe someday I won't be.

    • Cal Trask: Hey Aron, why don't you ask me where I've been?

      Aron Trask: Would you tell me?

      Cal Trask: No.