The James Dean Story The James Dean Story The James Dean Story is a 1957 American documentary. Released two years after Dean's death, the Warner Bros. Pictures release chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, and the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, and outtakes from "East of Eden", footage of the opening night of "Giant", and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving from "Warner Bros. Presents". Martin Gabel's narration was written by Stewart Stern, who scripted Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause",
Rebel Without a Crew Rebel Without a Crew Rebel Without a Crew (subtitle: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player) is a 1995 non-fiction book by Robert Rodriguez. Presented in a diary format, "Rebel" details Rodriguez's beginnings as a young filmmaker, his stint at a medical testing facility to raise money for a feature film, the making of that film ("El Mariachi") for $7,000, and his subsequent experiences in Hollywood selling the film and going to film festivals promoting it. Later editions of the book also feature one of Rodriguez's tutorials on low-budget filmmaking ("Ten Minute Film School") and the