James Dean heads ‘East of Eden’ on HBO Max !Featured, Academy Award, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Classic Movie, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, historical, Hollywood Classic, literary adaptation, Max, National Film Registry, SVOD 05/09/202305/09/2023 Sean Axmaker Elia Kazan’s adaptation of the John Steinbeck classic costars Richard Massey, Julie Harris, and Burl Ives, and made an overnight star of Dean.