Summary
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.Additional Information
Subjects |
Ranch life
-- Texas
-- Drama.
Families -- Texas -- Drama. Marriage -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Burbank, CA :Warner Home Video,2003 |
Edition | Widescreen. |
Other Titles | Giant. |
Contributors |
Stevens, George,
1904-1975. Ginsberg, Henry. Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964. Moffat, Ivan. 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. Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Giant. Warner Bros. Warner Home Video (Firm) |
Participants/Performers |
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix. |
Other Contributors |
Director of photography, William C. Mellor; editor, William Hornbeck; music, Dimitri Tiomkin. |
Audience |
Rated G. |
Language |
English French Spanish Includes English and French language tracks with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. 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. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround and mono. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN | 0790771489 1419811010 |
Other | Classic View |