East of Eden

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American drama film film

East of Eden is a 1955 American drama film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, best known for its direction by Elia Kazan and one of James Dean’s most iconic performances.

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Label Occurrences
East of Eden canonical 19
East of Eden (1955 film) 1
East of Eden (1981 miniseries) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
aspectRatio CinemaScope ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork John Steinbeck ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Jo Van Fleet ⓘ
basedOn East of Eden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East of Eden (novel)
cinematographer Ted D. McCord ⓘ
colorProcess WarnerColor ⓘ
composer Leonard Rosenman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Elia Kazan ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editor Owen Marks ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
genre coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTheme family conflict ⓘ
search for parental approval ⓘ
sibling rivalry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Adam Trask ⓘ
Aron Trask ⓘ
Cal Trask ⓘ
Cathy Ames ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
notableFor direction by Elia Kazan ⓘ
one of James Dean’s most iconic performances ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Elia Kazan ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1955-03-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1955 ⓘ
role James Dean ⓘ
surface form: James Dean as Cal Trask

Jo Van Fleet as Cathy Ames ⓘ
Julie Harris ⓘ
surface form: Julie Harris as Abra

Raymond Massey as Adam Trask ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 115 ⓘ
screenwriter Paul Osborn ⓘ
setInPeriod World War I era ⓘ
setInPlace Salinas Valley ⓘ
surface form: Salinas Valley, California
starred Burl Ives ⓘ
James Dean ⓘ
Jo Van Fleet ⓘ
Julie Harris ⓘ
Raymond Massey ⓘ
Richard Davalos ⓘ

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Elia Kazan → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Elia Kazan → directed → East of Eden ⓘ
John Steinbeck → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Albert Dekker → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden (1955 film)
Elias Kazantzoglou → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
Elias Kazantzoglou → directed → East of Eden ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
James Dean → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
James Dean → workedOn → East of Eden ⓘ
East of Eden → basedOn → East of Eden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden (novel)
John → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
subject surface form: John Steinbeck
Jane Seymour → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden (1981 miniseries)
National Steinbeck Center → hasSubject → East of Eden ⓘ
Raymond Massey → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Leonard Rosenman → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Carol Henning → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
subject surface form: John Steinbeck
Lois Smith → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Jo Van Fleet → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Richard Davalos → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Richard Davalos → appearedIn → East of Eden ⓘ
Ted D. McCord → notableWork → East of Eden ⓘ
Ted D. McCord → workedOn → East of Eden ⓘ
Ted McCord → workedOn → East of Eden ⓘ