James Dean Era

Starring:Jeame Dean, Natalie Wood, Dorothy Gish, Ed Begley, James Sheldon (dir)
Studio: Eclectic DVD Dist.
Product Type: DVD

Description

This program is a double-sided CD with a DVD on one side and audio CD on the other! The DVD contains 3 movies starring James Dean; "The Unlighted Road," "I'm a Fool (co-starring Natalie Wood)" and the lost movie - seen for the first time in 45 years, "Something For An Empty Briefcase." The CD features 19 tracks from various artists such as Elvis Presley, Bill Haley & the Comets, Johnny Otis, Big Joe Turner, Ray Hubbard, The Champs, Pee Wee Crayton, Little Richard and many others!

Customer Reviews:

Superb Dean tv performances - a must-own.......2004-03-31

Three of Dean's half hour tv dramas are presented here with lots of extras. I AM A FOOL and THE UNLIGHTED ROAD are well known but SOMETHING FOR AN EMPTY BRIEFCASE is a find- thought lost and not seen for half a century.

Dean is brilliant in these three very different performances, giving us a kaleidoscope of what he was capable of. He is vulnerable and yearning in I AM A FOOL, confident but sensitive in THE UNLIGHTED ROAD, and macho/sexy in BRIEFCASE. In fact, his performance in the latter makes one wish he had played Liliom or Billy Bigelow (LILIOM/CAROUSEL) - it's a case study for the perfect interpretation of that role.

Dean was incredibly sexy and incredibly talented - his talent as displayed in the dozens of tv dramas he appeared in showcase his abilities far more than the three released Hollywood films. Any fan of Dean's must collect these performances - there are a number of them out there on DVD and VHS: HARVEST, THE BELLS OF COCKAIGNE, HILL NUMBER ONE; I AM A FOOL; THE UNLIGHTED ROAD; SOMETHING FOR AN EMPTY BRIEFCASE; LONG TIME TILL DAWN; ABRAHAM LINCOLN, etc.

This is a must-own rarity DVD for every Dean fan.

peachy keen.......2002-04-11

This is a little gem of a DVD/CD thingy, It has three tv shows starring Jimmy one of which has never been seen before (ever by anyone i think...and as mine is the first review than maybe i am the only one...god i feel special) it also has veritable platter of lovely extras. The CD thingy is almost as pretty as the DVD thingy it has funky little intros from Elvis, some guy and a racist, the only problem being that they are not full versions of the songs and like most of the women in my life fade out just as im getting excited. Its still quite good in the car though ( the CD thingy I mean )
Something for an empty briefcase is the long lost film ( God knows how they lost it all I did was put James dean in a search engine and i found it) Its one of the better of Jimmys early works, about a guy who wants to go straight with the help of a woman ( never one to be type cast our Jim ) but its a cake style treat as Jimmy really seems to be enjoying himself and isnt as broody as some of his roles, I like it and i have great taste (presently im wearing a really nice t-shirt my mum bought). The extras on the disk are really short but really sweet, like a box of nice chocolates except not fattening, they include outakes from East of eden, trailers secret recordings of Jimmy on acting some racecourse footage and someother stuff i cant remember, all this and a chewy caramel centre.
In summary you should buy this cous i think it is good and for once it doesnt have tony curtis introducing it, and as a special treat the CD thingy has a ghostly recording of Jimmy on the

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The James Dean Era
Starring: James Dean
Manufacturer: Vidtape
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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