Best Original Screenplay1956 Film Fan Awards28th Academy Awards
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Best Original Screenplay Nominee

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Ceremony Year: 1956Category: Best Original ScreenplayReleased: 1955
Nominated Talent & Credits
Nicholas Ray— Nicholas Ray
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After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

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WRITING (Motion Picture Story) — 28th Academy Awards (1956)

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