Life (2015) on Netflix
In 1955, freelance photographer Dennis Stock wants to shoot a portrait series of the rising actor James Dean for LIFE Magazine. Dean is unsure, and Magnum's editor does not know him.
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Plot summary
Freelance photographer Dennis Stock shoots largely for the Magnum Photos agency and is trying to build a name for himself. At an industry party he meets James Dean, a relative unknown whose first leading role, in East of Eden, is about to reach theaters. Believing Dean is on the cusp of stardom, Stock proposes a photo series of him for LIFE Magazine, hoping to capture Dean's awkwardness and magnetism before the rest of the world does. Dean is initially reluctant, and Magnum's executive editor John G. Morris does not know Dean at all, but both agree to the shoot. Dean is also navigating publicity tied to East of Eden, a relationship with Pier Angeli, and casting for Rebel Without a Cause, while Stock, frequently absent, tries to remain part of his son's life.
Cast
- Drew Legeras Boyfriend
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Life (2015)
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- Director Anton Corbijn offered Philip Seymour Hoffman the role of Magnum editor John G. Morris in the film, but Hoffman, with whom Corbijn had worked on A Most Wanted Man and who was trying to fit the part around earlier commitments, died before filming began. Joel Edgerton played Morris instead.
- For the farm exteriors, Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan wore thin period costumes while the crew was covered from head to toe in what producer Christina Piovesan called brutal, hostile weather that does not show on screen.
- Writer Luke Davies began the screenplay in 2010 after researching James Dean and finding that Dennis Stock's Times Square photographs of Dean stood out most, which turned his interest to Stock himself.
