(FILM) This classic of '50s bad-boy mystique is made immeasurably more exciting by the presence (tonight only) of screenwriter Stewart Stern, who has lived in Seattle for two decades and was recently featured in the excellent documentary Going Through Splat. Ask Stern the big questions like "Why did poor, gay Plato have to die?" and "Can you please imitate James Dean imitating a cow?" Be there or be mush. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 7 pm (w/Stern), 9:15 pm (without), $5–$8.) ANNIE WAGNER