Это мой первый фильм с Джеймсом Дином. Впервые ощутила на себе эту магию его актерского таланта о которой столько говорили и будут.
Замечательный фильм, очень динамичный и глубокий что касается чувств и развития персонажей.
Элиа Казан стал любимым режиссером уже после двух фильмов с Брандо. Только сейчас узнала, что Казан родом из Турции.



Elia Kazan first toyed with the idea of casting Marlon Brando as Cal and Montgomery Clift as Aaron,
but at 30 and 34 years old, respectively, they were simply too old to play John Steinbeck's teenage brothers.
Ironically, the youthful-looking Paul Newman, who was one year Brando's junior, was a finalist for the part of Cal,
which eventually was played by Newman's friend James Dean. Dean was seven years younger than Newman.

James Dean and Paul Newman screen tested together for the parts of rival brothers for this movie.

Director Elia Kazan got James Dean drunk before filming the rooftop scene between Cal and Abra.

Upon being introduced to James Dean on the set, author John Steinbeck exclaimed, "Jesus Christ, he IS Cal!"

James Dean would provoke Raymond Massey off-camera so that the elder actor would hate him and he could get into character easier.
Elia Kazan, in his autobiography "A Life" (1988), said that Raymond Massey came to despise James Dean.
Kazan did nothing to dispel the tension between the two, as it was so right for their characters in the film.

In the scene where Adam refuses to accept Cal's money, the sсript called for Cal to turn away in anger from his father.
It was James Dean's instinct to embrace him instead. This came as a surprise to Raymond Massey, who could think of nothing to do but say, "Cal! Cal!" in response.

This is the only one of the "big three" James Dean films to be released before his death.