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Cast & Crew

Robert Pattinson
Dennis Stock

Dane DeHaan
James Dean

Joel Edgerton
John Morris

Ben Kingsley
Jack Warner

Alessandra Mastronardi
Pier Angeli

Stella Schnabel
Norma

Kristian Bruun
Roger

Peter J. Lucas
Nicholas Ray

John Blackwood
Raymond Massey

Ron White
Uncle Marcus

Kasey Lea
Markie

Jack Fulton
Rodney

Kristen Hager
Veronica

Jessica Rose
Carol

Philip Maurice Hayes
Marshall

Kelly McCreary
Eartha Kitt

Caitlin Stewart
Julie Harris

Anton Corbijn
Director

Luke Davies
Screenwriter

Iain Canning
Producer

Emile Sherman
Producer

Christina Piovesan
Producer

Benito Mueller
Producer

Wolfgang Mueller
Producer

Tessa Ross
Executive Producer

Mark Slone
Executive Producer

Michel Merkt
Executive Producer

Mark Roberts
Executive Producer

Sheldon Rabinowitz
Executive Producer

Ross Jacobson
Executive Producer

Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Cinematographer

Nick Fenton
Film Editing

Owen Pallett
Original Music

Anastasia Masaro
Production Design

Kimberley Zaharko
Art Director

Patricia Cuccia
Set Decoration

Gersha Phillips
Costume Design

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Audience Reviews for Life

• 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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