Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - 4K Blu-Ray [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

After directing a celebrated New York stage production of COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN, legendary filmmaker Robert Altman (Nashville, 3 WOMEN) gave the play the full cinematic treatment. Actresses Sandy Dennis, Golden Globe-nominee Cher, Karen Black, and Kathy Bates all reprised their stage roles, and the results are a magical convergence of theatre and film. A group of James Dean devotees reconvene at their teenage hangout, a rural Texas drugstore, twenty years after the death of their beloved idol. But much has changed in the intervening years, and the reunion provides them one final opportunity to expose the secrets and heal the emotional wounds that have lingered among them for two decades. This special edition includes an exclusive videotaped interview with playwright and screenwriter Ed Graczyk, who recalls the evolution of the play and it's turbulent journey from stage to screen.

After directing a celebrated New York stage production of COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN, legendary filmmaker Robert Altman (Nashville, 3 WOMEN) gave the play the full cinematic treatment. Actresses Sandy Dennis, Golden Globe-nominee Cher, Karen Black, and Kathy Bates all reprised their stage roles, and the results are a magical convergence of theatre and film. A group of James Dean devotees reconvene at their teenage hangout, a rural Texas drugstore, twenty years after the death of their beloved idol. But much has changed in the intervening years, and the reunion provides them one final opportunity to expose the secrets and heal the emotional wounds that have lingered among them for two decades. This special edition includes an exclusive videotaped interview with playwright and screenwriter Ed Graczyk, who recalls the evolution of the play and it's turbulent journey from stage to screen.

Three-disc set includes Rebel Without A Cause (1955) James Dean became a national symbol for '50s teen angst in director Nicholas Ray's powerful character study of alienated youth. Dean stars as new kid in town Jim Stark, who faces problems at school, deals with his parents' constant arguing, participates in knife fights and chicken races, and finds friendship with fellow outcast Plato (Sal Mineo) and the beautiful Judy (Natalie Wood). With Jim Backus, Dennis Hopper. 111 min. C/Rtg PG-13. East Of Eden (1955) In one of the most memorable starring debuts in Hollywood history, James Dean plays Cal Trask, a troubled teen in California's Salinas Valley embroiled in a bitter competition with twin brother Aron (Richard Davalos) for the attention of their farmer father (Raymond Massey) and the love of Aron's beautiful girlfriend (Julie Harris). Loosely based on John Steinbeck's novel, director Elia Kazan's drama also stars Jo Van Fleet, Burl Ives. 117 min. C/Rtg PG