The Game of Chicken in movie

You may be familiar with the classic game theory "Game of chicken". In the classic game, two men are driving towards each other on a crash course. The driver that gets scared and swerves away is the loser, and will be called a "chicken". But you probably didn’t realize that this game theory and has been fully immortalized in the movie "Rebel without a Cause".

In the 1955 movie, the game is given heightened drama by having the two cars racing toward a cliff, with the "chicken" being the one to bail out of his car first. Jim Stark, played by James Dean, hates to be called "chicken," and so he is taunted into participating in a "chicken run" with a bully named Buzz. Jim first jumped out in time, while Buzz tries to jump out, his jacket gets caught on the door, and he goes over.

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