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.

Aliases (2)

East of Eden (1955 film) ×1
East of Eden (novel) ×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 (novel) →
cinematographer	Ted D. McCord →
colorProcess	WarnerColor →
composer	Leonard Rosenman →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Elia Kazan →
distributor	Warner Bros. → Warner Bros. Pictures →
editor	Owen Marks →
filmingLocation	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 Writing, Screenplay →
notableFor	direction by Elia Kazan → one of James Dean’s most iconic performances →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Elia Kazan →
productionCompany	Warner Bros. →
releaseDate	1955-03-09 →
releaseYear	1955 →
role	James Dean as Cal Trask → Jo Van Fleet as Cathy Ames → Julie Harris as Abra → Raymond Massey as Adam Trask →
runtimeMinutes	115 →
screenwriter	Paul Osborn →
setInPeriod	World War I era →
setInPlace	Salinas Valley, California →
starred	Burl Ives → James Dean → Jo Van Fleet → Julie Harris → Raymond Massey → Richard Davalos →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Dekker ("East of Eden (1955 film)") → Elia Kazan → Elia Kazan → James Dean → John Steinbeck →	notableWork
Elia Kazan → Elia Kazan →	directed
East of Eden ("East of Eden (novel)") →	basedOn
James Dean →	workedOn