James Franco as James Dean

[McQUEENNNNNNNNNNNNNN]

ok he changed his hair to the same one dean had in rebel without a cause people say theyre alike, zz...

[briefjoy]

i see nothing in franco that resembles dean but both them are such good actors

[McQUEENNNNNNNNNNNNNN]

@briefjoy +1

[zindicar]

no os senteis asi,por favor.

[zindicar]

no habia visto esta pelicula,y me hace gracia porque yo me sentaba asi mismo en el instituto ,mal hecho por cierto, no se puede jugar con la vida de uno, te puedes caer y fastidiar a ti y a los tuyosasi que no lo hagais,,bueno....james dean es decir mi adolescencia,sin mas.

[3wademiami]

damn. i was looking at pictures of james dean and i said james franco looks just like him. he can play him in a part of a show or movie or something. than i seach james dean on youtube just to see he already did.

[StupidLamb251]

Wow. Really good impression of James. Very impressed. :)

[PancakeBooty04]

"What's your name?"

"James Landau"

haha. True.

[PancakeBooty04]

@PancakeBooty04 He looks nothing like him.

[maccus17]

I met the REAL LIFE Martin Landau in person.....And had NO IDEA that he had met James Dean!!!! I could of asked him soooo many questions.... Now they'll never be answered :(

[susankohistany]

I showed my sister a picture of James Dean and she goes all " omg James Franco,he's so hott!" I was like 0_____0 this is James DEAN

[melaniemckown]

Franco did a good job!

[oboshredder2]

James Dean and Landau Height gap was bigger then this LMFAO

[CriTicOfsOrts]

james dean was gay.... not that its bad but it just made me feel different about the guy

[hawkman2111]

@CriTicOfsOrts He dated a lot of women and no man ever said they had sex with him.

[CriTicOfsOrts]

@hawkman2111 haha actually like 7 men said they had sexual relations with the guy, not including his pastor who is said to sexually assaulted him

[hawkman2111]

@CriTicOfsOrts If he was gay I dont care .It doesnt make him any less of a actor.

[CriTicOfsOrts]

@hawkman2111 no shit, he was a great actor

[TheBackseatJesus]

@CriTicOfsOrts He was bisexual, not just gay.

[CriTicOfsOrts]

@TheBackseatJesus that really is your opinion, i personally dont believe in bisexual i think its just something attention whores use. Some statements from friends and emlpoyers have stated that he was gay, and then there are others that say he was bisexual..

[TheBackseatJesus]

@CriTicOfsOrts I'm sorry, but you're a fucking moron.

[CriTicOfsOrts]

@TheBackseatJesus dude you have jesus in your name, and you"re here defending a gay guy, you're the fucking moron

[linoaplayer]

@CriTicOfsOrts So Jesus is supposed to love everyone except for gay guys ? Interesting.

As for your opinion about bisexuality - it is yours so I can't judge but - I guess if you don't care whether your partner as a dick or a pussy, you're bisexual. This ain't a myth, true story !

[AAJLockhart]

what the fuck does he do at 1:37 ?

[KlayyJayy]

first time i realise he tried to flip the cigarette in his mouth

[AfricanNaziJew]

james dean and martin landau cool!

[lipz17]

whats the name of this movie



[123soonny]

@lipz17 Guess what? LOL, James Dean (TV 2001).

[lipz17]

@123soonny hahah lol i found it i found it.. it was a good movie :D

[jeeaaman]

@Cla900

bahh

[Mishie715]

this was an amazing movie. and this is what opened my eyes to what an amazing actor james franco is

[VasilikiJohnny]

He was a phenomenon.- Great movie and awesome "convey" of James Dean characteristic traits.I think this role meant to be for Franco.Really good.

He is so fuckin' hot.-

[ParamoreOwlCity]

They have to be related somewhere down the line.

[111tag111]

James DeanFranco

[ramcesc69]

1:38 WTF???

[mynamemaru]

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT IS HE DOING AT 1:39

[KlayyJayy]

@mynamemaru It's his number

[mynamemaru]

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT IS HE DOING AT 1:40

[sasinuni]

he is so good-looking

[annacarisma]

this is where i discovered the amazing talent of james franco doing the more than amazing talent james dean to a T.

[dabrovi402]

witch movie

[JoeFWall]

I remember when you could smoke anywhere and everywhere. Good times. :)

[czech698]

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[walmartpimp2]

James Franco should have played Anakin Skywalker.

[smell481]

james dean, james franco, all good stuff.

[goatherds]

martin landau was gorgeous in a much more refined way. enough to rival james dean's rugged, midwest cowboy appeal. this casting director should be embarrassed for that.

[Fashionmarketing24]

@goatherds I'll agree that Martin Landau is cute, but James Dean just has more sex appeal. he's strikingly cute.

[XDshitpussy]

AHHHHH!!! i didnt know there was a movie on him!!! Just today i was thinking that james fanco looks like james Dean!!!!

[seekah1]

Can't get enough of those cancer sticks back then.

[shams0001]

I'm a huge Franco fan, don't get me wrong, but why does this video have more views than any actual James Dean video on this site? I don't get it.

Anyway, Franco did a really good job, but whoever's watching this and wants to see the real Dean in amazing action, just google "You're Tearing Me Apart" and admire, or even better "East of Eden Screen Test" and prepare to look on in awe.

[Dulcie19]

@shams0001 Yeah i know, James Dean was amazing, and one of the best method actors

[comeandfindmex]

i really dont see how they look similar

[seekah1]

@comeandfindmex Me either.

[FrostedLane]

When I first heard about James Dean, I was like in my head "Damn this guy looks a lot like James Franco". Until today, I had no idea that he portrayed him in a movie, lol.

[umarslayer]

@FrostedLane lol ...me too....i also found that out today!!!

[BoddhasServants]

what is your name?

I can't decide.

well what are your choices?

lol

[shirush14]

I allways said that James Dean and James Franco are so similar :)

[Bobzeaux]

James Franco meets a young Martin Landau... meanwhile, the REAL Martin Landau is playing Bela Lugosi somewhere. *lol*

[DebbieHarryxxx]

awwrrh god he's too sexy for words lol

[RongGENG60]

yeahhh... Ok by the way...

[MrHandsofDoom]

what is that fucking ciddy ear trick that motherfcuker does?! so badass!

[1981z28camaro]

James Dean is creepy, lol

[northwest290]

he look just like him

[ole78aol]

heres the difference between James Franco and James Dean, girls love James Dean guys are jealous girls and guys love James Franco because he's awesome

[senoritajd]

@ole78aol

So true!

[JaimeJamesJaume]

PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW WHERE CAN I SEE THIS MOVIE.

[rebelDean550]

no one can ever look like james dean,james dean is the best looking man.all the new actors today are ugly with no talent at all..

[senoritajd]

@rebelDean550

I agree 100%

[TheJanedoe320]

i think channing tatum& james dean look the closest alike. they shoulda cast him instead

[1193manbeast]

@TheJanedoe320 I disagree but respect your opinion.

[cooleogirl12]

James Franco is like perfect match for James Dean.

[hegemoniuspiper]

@cooleogirl12 if this is james dean, everybody with a banana haircut and a pair of tortoise glasses plus a sick laugh is james dean

lol, pathetic

[malaki166]

@cooleogirl12 no he isn't no one is

[smedley]

Is that for real how people made new friends in the 50's? Glad I missed that gay shit.

[sirtinycreep]

Who's James Franco?

[mapleria]

@sirtinycreep have u seen 127 hours? spiderman 3?

[aliceintheuk4]

it's uncanny...

[pirategalmakeup]

He's an amazing actor.... AMAZING. Looks so much like Dean. :) RIP!

[fsanf164]

Nobody can beat original anything since it's quite impossible, but as an actor portraying James Dean, DAMN JAMES FRANCO.. thumbs up

[idontam]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[frankbooth64]

Other guy doesn't look much like Landau at all. 

[TeTeMauL]

I never found James Franco a very good actor. Great, but not very good

[rileyjsg]

@TeTeMauL watch 127 hours!

[tedi392]

@TeTeMauL You mean that he can't be just good because he is great!

[TeTeMauL]

@tedi392 My english isn't very good, but I find him nonchalant and he mumbles when he plays

[tedi392]

@TeTeMauL Maybe you haven't seen his greatest movies :)

[parrotcon]

CAN'T BEAT THE ORIGiNAL.

[tedi392]

Both are so talanted!

[RenegadeRoller]

what the hell was that thing he did at 1:38 and why ? lol

[69DawgEstyle]

its called james dean

[christine801018]

what is this movie called?

[Evegalewitz]

The American Acting Trinity - Clift, Brando, Dean - spawned many disciples. Franco notes that Sean Penn was his favorite actor, and Penn is not doubt from this school of acting and Franco is following in the same in the same footsteps.

[Evegalewitz]

To the person who mentioned Brad Pitt playng James Dean - I can see where you are coming from. But the truth is Pitt is too old to play the adolescent just barely in his twenties JD. Also JD was only 5'8" tall and was very slim (at the most 140 lbs.), not at all like the tall six-pack ab Pitt. I think the legend has made people believe him to have been otherwise. Franco was the closest they would ever find imho.

[Tommettina17]

James Franco is a medley between James Dean and Jeff Buckley. :)

[3Glimpse3]

DOPPELGANGER



[3Glimpse3]

the first time I saw James Franco I said: DAD LOOK HE LOOKS JUST LIKE JAMES DEAN, and here he is

[omarskats3000]

so he DID play dean. always thought he looked like him. and that monkey bit from GH was a take off from the beginning of "Rebel w/ out a Cause"

[xxlostinmusic]

does anyone know where I can watch this movie? i can't find it anywhere

[LukazMolloy]

@xxlostinmusic

have you found it?

[windstorm1000]

As a former Dean fan, I haven't seen this--does Franco do a good job as Dean or is it just a impersonation--yu know mumbling, cigarette dangling, the outer stuff without the inner stuff. Anybody??

[psychedallas]

such a bad impresswion of james dean its sad. sure he looks likem but thats not anything lke james dean. He didnt even try to get the speach style right

[MrLadolcevita]

@psychedallas like you can do better,hater.

[psychedallas]

@psychedallas I didn't write this. Must have left my account logged in somewhere else

[windstorm1000]

@psychedallas oh that 's sad, I was looking forward to it. Franco looks kind of like Dean (nose is wrong though), but doesn't have his mystery it seems.

[cfelago]

good time max then 127 hours

[cfelago]

@elvisgrease good time max then 127 hours

[cfelago]

he killed it and noone else ever could

[cfelago]

no biopic beat val kilmer as jim morrison, but james nailed this performance - i cant imagine anyone else doing it.

[predlycon]

whoa! i didn't imagine martin landau to be such a hipster.

[yourpainismygain]

Sure they're not identical, they look alike but it's the acting that matters in a film and Franco aced it.

[RalphAdriane]

Happy Birthday James Dean 02/08/2011 Forever Young

[DoctorLawyerWhatever]

James Dean should have stayed home that afternoon and soaked up some rays. He would be intact, the Spider would be intact, and now he'd be parked outside at the home, hoping that lunch would include pudding.

[tori52798]

@gareburger

The movie is called "James Dean" made in 2001.

[tori52798]

With the glasses: Almost IDENTICAL

Without Glasses: they look NOTHING a like.

And when James Franco smiles, you know it's him, because no one else has that smile.

[gareburger]

what movie is this?

[moscy11]

aww, he's really cute hehe did james dean justice!!

[MixedMamacita3]

what was he doing with that gum at 1:39?

[khalandi101]

i always thort he did look like james dean!

[psychelatte]

james franco sometimes looked like james dean, but he should have filed his teeth for the part. they're just too big.

[SuperHeroMania]

that looks nothing like martin landaue, but james franco does look like james dean

[honeybee7700]

he played him well.

[OnePineTree]

He's so handsome...yum....

[akatsukigoku1010]

yeah i love james dean and james franco is like his twin DI!

[Kins1002]

I still think Jim Carrey was the best James Dean :)

[cfelago]

@Kins1002 ha. inside the actors studio?

[FreddyTheActor]

one of my favorite actors.. check outt my page and support. im a young hardworking actor

[pookiewook]

i love james franco, and he's a great actor bu i think he's too cute for this role...he doesn't have enough edge, or grit

[jdeanlives]

yeah o.k. so he plays a good James Dean but this film sucked and had lots of stuff in it that wasn't even true about him. With all the great shit that really happened, why the fuck did they fuck up this film? Crap man.

[TheAxellle]

2,2,2

[MattyCreed]

james franco is to james dean as val kilmer is to jim morrison. i mean come on dudes, you can't get any closer without witchcraft

[megustaverlas]

I hope James Franco is bi :D

[andromeda99239]

@megustaverlas I hope so too :D

[5random1]

Dean + Clift + Brando in acting, but there's something, much more, unique

We're lucky to see them all. Lucky to see Mr. Franco now.

[darmokandgalad]

I would have picked Robert Pattinson

[lily0313]

god he is fucking beautiful

[aliciathefatpenguin]

james franco is the biogenetic clone of james dean

[TentPegWielder]

@aliciathefatpenguin

Before I even knew that this movie was made, I said to my self, "James Franco should play James Dean." =)

[jkonu2]

@aliciathefatpenguin prety close but i wldnt go that far

[lorrainejames]

I still have to see this movie!

[cfelago]

@lorrainejames te real clone is val as Jim Morrison. the best

[TheLADYDEAN13]

Now this was outstanding performance! I dont know about u guys, but I'm very picky with the actors that play Jimmy. But James Franco was pure greatness!!! The funny thing is that since back in the late eighties, with ur johnny depp's & ur River phoenix (WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT JAMES DEAN indeed!!!) I always remeber what I would tell myself or my freinds, back when they'ed show 'Freaks & Geeks'... I knew when I saw him that he was going to play a part , that was going to James Dean! I knewit

[heyman284]

Wow!! Star wars!!

[OHJEEZx]

what is that white thing he spits out of his mouth

[weirdncrazy9876]

@OHJEEZx I think it was gum

[JOKAWILD26]

i allways thought james franco kinda looked like james dean,, now i find out that he actually did play james dean in a movie ,, wowww,, i never knew about this movie, crazy

[scenegurl1000]

HEY!!!!!! Its that guys from Spiderman!!!! lol xP

[XxcJadenxX]

the guy from the sourcers apprentice looks like franco in this

[freedomland11]

Would ppl STOP comparing Dean to Franco...1st off..James Dean was born before James Franco so that doesn't make sense..2nd James Dean was and is a Badass Actor..Why do u think these wannabee actors today like Efron and that other guys, where there hair all sloppy...Guys wanna be him, girls wanna do him

JAMES DEAN 4life

[shaevatho]

@freedomland11 shut up

[freedomland11]

@shaevatho sensitive are we!!

[diamondie14]

the resemblence between them is almost unnnerving

[kutchieMik]

i just saw a picture of james dean on wikipedia and i immediately thought, "james franco"! ^_^

[NeverGetOld2009]

He acts like  so much Dean it is scary!

[joshbone09]

James Franco did an okay job i surpose. But this is nothing like martin landau.

[zailaach]

dayumn he really does look like James Dean

[JM4EDR]

My mum reckons James Franco is better looking than Dean himself, hehe.

Might agree actually.

[msr824]

@JM4EDR hahah yeah I think so too. Was afraid to mention it, 'cause I wasn't looking for sore reactions, but since you already have...ha

[TiG3Rooo]

@JM4EDR not a chance!?!?!?!

[werobanks]

ugh this guy looks nothing like James Dean - his mouth is huge and his face shape is no match. Not to mention the whole attitude and body image wrong. you cant just give a similar hair style and glasses and call it James Dean.

[luvtwinkie1993]

if ppl are wondering what he spit out 1:38 - 1:39 it was the ticket number he had(with his number in line for the audition)

[thenameisleyla]

my man loooks like both of them :) and his name is james. i'm a lucky girllll ;)

[BlueSuedeBabies]

hothothothothothot.

[zeppzo4]

Anywhere I can watch this?

[dance689]

@zeppzo4 here, haha just search James dean part 1

[mpod92]

james franco and james dean are equally hot

[TiG3Rooo]

@mpod92 no1 can match with james dean...not anyone. he is the most handsome man of the past 200 years probably

[is2daytuesday]

Hi, Back Street 51.. Its crossed my mind you must be somewhat of a James Dean appreciator..of sorts.. I had a (VERY) small part on this biopic. The SCENE: James Dean's first flight..I was the stewardess. Ive never managed to get a copy of it.. or even VIEW it after editing. (For all I know, I was completely edited out)..! If the scene still exists.. do you have a copy of it..? Let me know. Thanks, Tuesday

[LarsUlrichFan1988]

He did an amazing job as James Dean, he even got the voice and the gestures on-the-spot. 

[homelove56]

im so inlove with james franco oneday we will marry

[GlassWonderland]

"Hey, who was Brando's agent in New York?"

I love this line because I love both James Dean AND Marlon Brando. They must've both went to a heaven for the best actors in the world.

[melissbowl]

James franco looks way more like james dean than brad pitt. Having such an "accomplished" actor play james dean would have over done the movie i think. just my opinion. I like james franco as james dean.

[RacingStarShips]

Lol, watch what he does with the flame when he says "Byron Dean"

hehehehehehe

[Offtofindanotherway]

it looks good,i'm gonna watch it:D

[Y0ssariantheAssyrian]

It's not that James Franco didn't ace the role, it's just that he's got too distinct of character to be playing someone else (not a bad thing). All I see when I watch him is James Franco

[SupernaturalLover67]

He's goodlooking, good actor, and totally looks like Dean, but James Dean is James fucking Dean. He's way hotter than this guy.

[dammiel78]

@SupernaturalLover67: of course!!