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Cast

Robert Pattinson
as Dennis Stock

Dane DeHaan
as James Dean

Joel Edgerton
as John Morris

Ben Kingsley
as Jack Warner

Lauren Gallagher
as Natalie Wood

Peter Lucas
as Nicholas Ray

Alessandra Mastronardi
as Pier Angeli

Nicholas Rice
as Lee Strasberg

Kristen Hager
as Veronica

Jessica Rose
as Carol

Kelly J. McCreary
as Eartha Kitt

John Blackwood
as Raymond Massey

Michael Therriault
as Elia Kazan

Caitlin Stewart
as Julie Harris

Kristian Bruun
as Roger

Stella Schnabel
as Norma

Philip Maurice Hayes
as Marshall

Kasey Lea
as Markie

Ron White
as Uncle Marcus

Eve Crawford
as Aunt Ortense

Kendal Rae
as Messy Actress

Drew Leger
as Boyfriend

Jason Blicker
as Journalist

Emily Hurson
as Publicity Trooper

Emma Pedersen
as John Morris' Secretary

Allison Brennan
as Jack Warner's Assistant

David Ross Paterson
as Premiere Driver

Mark James Fernandes
as Photographer #1

Stuart McLean
as Photographer #2

Anton Corbijn
as Premiere Photographer

Paulette Sinclair
as Building Manageress

Jack Fulton
as Rodney

Salvatore Argante
as Barber

David Talbot
as Reporter #1

Jimi Shlag
as Reporter #2

Steve Cumyn
as Reporter #3

Julian DeZotti
as Male Actor

Rebecca Eady
as Bar Girl

Dwight Ireland
as Waiter

Barbara Gordon
as Grandma Dean

Stephen Joffe
as Senior Boy

Jessica Clement
as Senior Girl

Sara Waisglass
as High School Hop Girl

Adam Cabral
as High School Hop Boy

Gerry Mendicino
as Tailor

Renato Rizzuti
as Cab Driver

Andy Trithardt
as Reporter

Juno Rinaldi
as Mother

Jake January Rinaldi
as Son

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• Dec 10, 2015

  By the time he was twenty-four years old James Dean had starred in three major films, would become a cultural icon symbolizing the tone of teenage America, but he would also be dead. While this public persona of the "rebel without a cause" pushed Dean to the forefront of pop culture we come to learn in director Anton Corbijn's (The American, A Most Wanted Man) new film that the real Dean was not as his persona suggested, but more the quiet kid in an acting class simply searching for something tangible, something that wasn't as arbitrary as the fame he was suddenly coming into. In Life, we pick up with Dean in 1955 shortly after wrapping East of Eden and just prior to landing the role in Rebel Without a Cause-only seven months or so before his untimely death. Surprisingly, Dean is not the main character of this story though, no, that would be photographer Dennis Stock (played here by Robert Pattinson). Stock was largely a set photographer employed by Magnum, a photo agency, who met Dean at party thrown by director Nicholas Ray (writer/director of Rebel). At this point in time, prior to East of Eden coming out, Dean wasn't even a household name, but after the actor and Stock hit it off at the party and Dean invited his new friend to a screening of his new film it became clear to Stock that there was something unique about the young man who couldn't have seemed more estranged or disillusioned with the ideas Hollywood was throwing at him. It is in this attitude, this kind of presented exterior by Dean with which Corbijn is intent on exploiting and exploring through he and Stock's relationship. More than anything though, this is a film about the relationship that develops between two different types of artists: the one who creates and the one who pulls back the layers of that creation. read the whole review at www.reviewsfromabed.com
  

  Philip P Super Reviewer
• Nov 06, 2015

  While not quite showing enough of James Dean's life, "LIFE" follows Dennis Stock as he takes photographs of James Dean in the most pivotal part of his career. Robert Pattinson and Dane Dehaan share great on-screen chemistry and I bought everything they were going through, even though I think both roles were slightly miscast. After only appearing in three feature films, James Dean died at age 24, but that aspect is not even explored throughout the course of this picture, and I was waiting for it. It never goes as deep as you want it to, but the character moments that the audience does receive, it terrific. This is a very well-written script and the filmmakers truly did capture the 50's era well, mimicking the settings of the classic photographs of the star. I really enjoyed watching this film, and for what it is, there is nothing structurally wrong with it, it just drags along, mostly do to the fact that there is no build up to a climax. The film is a build-up to James Dean's ultimate popularity and then it ends. Again, for what it is, it is well-acted and well-written, but ultimately doesn't give you everything you want. Overall, I had a nice time watching "LIFE."
  

  KJ P Super Reviewer
• Oct 03, 2015

  An insufferable specimen of tabloid movie that is more concerned with being a who's-who of celebrities in 1955 instead of at least engaging as a narrative, and its failure can be attributed mainly to Pattinson (terrible) and DeHaan, who is completely miscast as James Dean.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer

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