Giant: [videorecording] /: Giant Productions ; Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens.

Name: Giant [videorecording] / Giant Productions ; Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens.
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.

Guiol, Fred,; Moffat, Ivan.; Stevens, George,; Ginsberg, Henry.; Taylor, Elizabeth,; Hudson, Rock,; Dean, James,; Baker, Carroll,; Withers, Jane,; Wills, Chill,; McCambridge, Mercedes.; Mineo, Sal,; Hopper, Dennis,; Evelyn, Judith,; Fix, Paul,; Tiomkin, Dimitri.; Ferber, Edna,; Giant Productions.; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm)

Giant [videorecording] / Giant Productions ; Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens.

2003

PN1997 .G536 2003

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Title

Giant [videorecording] / Giant Productions ; Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens.

Edition

Two-disc special ed.

ISBN

0790771489

Publication Details

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2003.

Language

English

Language Note

Languages: English (Dolby surround stereo) or French (mono), subtitles: English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Description

2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Item Number

085392322121

Call Number

PN1997 .G536 2003

Dewey Decimal Classification

791.43/72

Distributor No.

23221 Warner Home Video

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.

Note

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.

Access Note

Authorized for private home use only.

Credits

Director of photography, William C. Mellor; editor, William Hornbeck; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.

Performer

Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix.

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix.

System Details Note

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

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