The film is mostly set in 1954, with James Dean's Oscar-nominated turn in East of Eden awaiting release and his star-making performance in Rebel Without a Cause still awaiting whether he'd be cast in the role. Dennis Stock, a film-set and red-carpet photographer allowed by Life Magazine to capture some still about the mostly unknown, up-and-coming young actor, travels with Dean in and around New York City (Toronto substitutes), and later to Dean's hometown of Marion, Indiana, shooting several candid shots of the actor, who, ironically, abhorred posing for the camera much. The images would become iconic, particularly among the youth of the 1950s, who saw Dean as an icon of their growing need to not conform to tradition, though the story behind the photos reveals another irony, which is that this "coolest of cool" rebel in Hollywood was merely expressing very traditional American values, resisting the urge to embrace the fame, fortune and paparazzi that comes with being a movie star.
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