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Giant
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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.

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Format:
DVD
Edition:
Two-disc special ed.
Language:
English
ISBN:
0790771489, 1419811010
UPC:
085392322121, 012569706903

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
General Note
Based on the novel by Edna Ferber.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1. Feature-length audio commentary by film critic Stephen Farber, screenwriter Ivan Moffat and George Stevens Jr., introduction by George Stevens Jr.; documentary "George Stevens : filmmakers who knew him"; 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; director filmography; awards notes; documentary; scene access.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, William C. Mellor; editor, William Hornbeck; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Participants/Performers
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Languages: English (Dolby surround stereo) or French (mono), subtitles: English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Guiol, F., Moffat, I., Stevens, G., Ginsberg, H., Taylor, E., Hudson, R., Dean, J., Baker, C., Withers, J., Wills, C., McCambridge, M., Mineo, S., Hopper, D., Evelyn, J., Fix, P., Tiomkin, D., & Ferber, E. (2003). Giant. Two-disc special ed. Burbank, CA, Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Fred Guiol et al.. 2003. Giant. Burbank, CA, Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Fred Guiol et al., Giant. Burbank, CA, Warner Home Video, 2003.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Guiol, Fred, et al. Giant. Two-disc special ed. Burbank, CA, Warner Home Video, 2003.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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