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Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land-rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Title:
Giant
[videorecording (DVD)]
[videorecording (DVD)]
Alternate Title:
Giant (Motion picture)
Additional Contributors:
Imprint:
Burbank, CA : - Warner Home Video
Edition:
Widescreen, two-disc special ed
ISBN:
0790771489
Language:
English, French, and
Spanish
Awards & Distinctions:
Academy Award Best Director (Stevens), 1956
Credits:
Music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Performers:
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix.
Notes:
Based on the novel "Giant" by Edna Ferber.
Originally released in 1956 as a motion picture.
DVD special features: disc 1. feature-length audiodocumentary by film critic Stephen Farber, screenwriter Ivan Moffat and George Stevens Jr., introduction by George Stevens Jr., documentary George Stevens: Filmmakers who knew him, interactive menus, scene access; disc 2. documentaries Memories of Giant and Return to Giant, in which cast, crew and Texans spin small and tall tales about the film's legacy, New York premiere TV special Hollywood premiere featurette, project kickoff newsreel, behind the cameras segments, original/reissue theatrical trailers, extensive production notes, production stills and documents galleries, interactive menus, director filmography, awards notes, documentary, scene access.
DVD; Dolby surround stereo or mono.
Closed-captioned.
Languages: English (Dolby surround, stereo) and French (mono); subtitles: English, French, and Spanish.
Originally released in 1956 as a motion picture.
DVD special features: disc 1. feature-length audiodocumentary by film critic Stephen Farber, screenwriter Ivan Moffat and George Stevens Jr., introduction by George Stevens Jr., documentary George Stevens: Filmmakers who knew him, interactive menus, scene access; disc 2. documentaries Memories of Giant and Return to Giant, in which cast, crew and Texans spin small and tall tales about the film's legacy, New York premiere TV special Hollywood premiere featurette, project kickoff newsreel, behind the cameras segments, original/reissue theatrical trailers, extensive production notes, production stills and documents galleries, interactive menus, director filmography, awards notes, documentary, scene access.
DVD; Dolby surround stereo or mono.
Closed-captioned.
Languages: English (Dolby surround, stereo) and French (mono); subtitles: English, French, and Spanish.
Statement of responsibility:
Giant Productions ; Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens
Characteristics:
2 videodiscs (201 min.) :,sd., col. ;,4 3/4 in.
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An overly long, plodding movie with little to recommend it.
Interesting story about the Texas, oil... Excellent actors. A lot of supplements. James Dean's last movie.
George Steven's grandest epic!