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Beans | Fraternal Twins
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.
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In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1956
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1956
1956 | James
Best Foreign Director Mejor Director Extranjero | 1959 | Elia
Best Foreign Language Film | 1956 | Elia
Top Ten Films | 1955
Best Dramatic Film | 1955 | Elia
Motion Picture | 2013
Best American Film Bedste amerikanske film | 1958 | Elia
National Film Preservation Board | 2016
Best Actor | 1956 | James
Best Foreign Language Film | 1956 | Elia
Best Foreign Actor | 1956 | James
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1956 | James
Best Writing Screenplay | 1956
Best Director | 1956 | Elia
Most Promising Newcomer to Film | 1956
Best Foreign Actor | 1956 | James
Best Film from any Source | 1956
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1956 | Elia
Best Written American Drama | 1956
In the scene where Adam refuses to accept Cal's money, the script 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.
Despite the annoyances and difficulties he faced making this film, Raymond Massey called the role of Adam Trask one of the best parts he ever had on screen and one of the few three-dimensional characters he played in movies.
Elia Kazan noted that James Dean's tension and shyness always manifested itself physically, so he allowed the actor to use contorted, awkward postures to convey the character: "It was almost psychotic. He was exactly like the people you see in insane asylums."
Upon being introduced to James Dean on the set, author John Steinbeck exclaimed, "Jesus Christ, he IS Cal!"
Elia Kazan denied rumors that he didn't like James Dean: "You can't not like a guy with that much pain in him . . . You know how a dog will be mean and snarl at you, then you pat him, and he's all over you with affection? That's the way Dean was." Kazan did intervene sternly, however, when Dean started to feel his power as a hotly emerging star and treated crew members disrespectfully.
"Cal Trask: I've been jealous all my life. Jealous, I couldn't even stand it. Tonight, I even tried to buy your love, but now I don't want it anymore... I can't use it anymore. I don't want any kind of love anymore. It doesn't pay off."
"[Abra pleads with Adam to reconcile with his son] Abra: Mr. Trask, it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world. Don't ask me - even if you could - how I know that. I just know it. It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel. And that's the way Cal has always felt, Mr. Trask. All his life! Maybe you didn't mean it that way - but it's true. You never gave him your love. You never asked for his. You never asked him for one thing."
