East of Eden 1955

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 115 min

genre: drama

director: Elia Kazan

Score: 7 / 10

East of Eden is a 1955 American epic period drama film directed by Elia Kazan and written by Paul Osborn, adapted from the fourth and final part of John Steinbeck's epic 1952 novel.

Plot

In 1917, during World War I, in the central California towns of Monterey and Salinas, Cal and Aron are young adult fraternal twins who live in the Salinas Valley with their father, Adam Trask, a farmer and wartime draft board chairman. A deeply religious Christian, Adam told the boys their mother, Kate, died when they were infants. Aron is pious, dutiful, and responsible; while Cal is moody, impulsive, rebellious, embittered, and convinced he is sinful. Cal believes his father loves only his brother Aron. Questioning by nature, Cal discovers his supposedly dead mother, Kate, operates a brothel in nearby Monterey, though he keeps this information from Adam and Aron.

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author	Paul Osborn
award	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	California
director	Elia Kazan
editor	Owen Marks
events	dysfunctional family
genre	drama
keywords	annoy begin birthday party brothel brother\'s keeper cain and abel claim dead mother draft board father and son fraternal twins laugh paralyze question rail car ship stalk talk world war i young adult
musicBy	Leonard Rosenman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Film BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
producer	Elia Kazan
productionCompany	Warner Bros. Pictures
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	California