A look at the legacy of icon actor James Dean on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. The special follows his life and career, with obvious attention to the three big films that made him a legend; and interviews with the people who knew him.
James Dean
Self (archive footage)
Rip Torn
Self (Narrator)
Sal Mineo
Graham Nash
Self
Joan Winslow Peacock
Bob Pulley
Rod Steiger
Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows
Don Medford
Eli Wallach
Leonard Rosenman
Directed by John Ford
1971
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
Being James Bond
2021
Spielberg
2017
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
I Am Heath Ledger
Brother's Keeper
1992
Heart of a Dog
Love, Antosha
2019
Sidney
2022
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Love, Gilda
2018
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
2008
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
One Direction: This Is Us
2013
The Velvet Underground
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
De Palma
2016
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction