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After playing a series of bit parts, Dean landed his first major film role in EAST OF EDEN (1955) Julie Harris, Raymond Massey and Burl Ives. Directed by Elia Kazan, this film adaptation of John Steinbeck's more... novel features Dean as Cal Trask, a son competing with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Dean's performance in EAST OF EDEN would eventually earn him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor, one of the record two posthumous Oscar nominations he received. And because EAST OF EDEN was the only one of Dean's three starring films released before his death.