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- Summary
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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 con...
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.
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- Creator
- A George Stevens Production ; Giant Productions ; Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, from the novel by Edna Ferber ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964
- Moffat, Ivan
- Stevens, George, 1904-1975
- Ginsberg, Henry
- Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
- Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011
- Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985
- Dean, James, 1931-1955
- Baker, Carroll, 1931-
- Withers, Jane, 1926-2021
- Wills, Chill, 1902-1978
- McCambridge, Mercedes
- Mineo, Sal, 1939-1976
- Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010
- Evelyn, Judith, 1913-1967
- Fix, Paul, 1901-1983
- Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979
- Farber, Stephen
- Henley, Don
- Young, Gig, 1913-1978
- Giant Productions (Firm)
- Warner Bros
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Trans-Pecos Productions
- Du Mont Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
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- Two-disc special edition
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 1419811010, 9781419811012
- OCLC
- ocm60610244
- Credits
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- Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix
- Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; dual-layer format [disc 1] ; Dolby Digital audio.
- English (Dolby surround stereo) or dubbed French (mono) language tracks ; optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned [feature only].
- Disc 1: Side A: Feature [part 1] (ca. 108 min.) -- Special features: Optional audio feature commentary with George Stevens, Jr., screenwriter Ivan Moffat, and film critic Stephen Farber ; Introduction by George Stevens, Jr. (recorded in 1996 for the film's 40th anniversary ; ca. 3 min.) -- Side B: Feature [part 2] (ca. 93 min.) -- Special features: Optional audio feature commentary with George Stevens, Jr., screenwriter Ivan Moffat, and film critic Stephen Farber -- George Stevens: Filmmakers who knew him (featuring interviews with Warren Beatty, Frank Capra, Rouben Mamoulian, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Alan J. Pakula, Antonio Vellani, Robert Wise, Fred Zinnemann ; ca. 46 min. ; producer-editor, Mark Muheim ; ©2001, Creative Film Center, Inc.) --
- Disc Two : Memories of Giant (ca. 52 min., ©1998, Warner Home Video) -- Return to Giant (ca. 55 min. ; written and produced by Kirby Warnock ; directed by Jim Brennan ; narrated by Don Henley ; ©1996 Trans Pecos Productions) -- New York Premiere telecast (ca. 29 min. ; A DuMont Special Events Telecast ; hosted by Chill Wills and Jayne Meadows) -- Newsreel clip: 'Giant' stars are off to Texas (ca. 40 sec., Camera: Van der Veer, Warner Pathé News) -- Stills gallery -- Documents -- Behind the cameras: On location in Marfa, Texas (ca. 6 min., hosted by Gig Young) -- Behind the cameras: A visit with Dimitri Tiomkin (ca. 7 min., hosted by Gig Young) -- Trailers -- A Giant undertaking [text feature] -- George Stevens filmography [text feature] -- Awards [text feature] -- Cast & crew [text feature]