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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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Corporate Authors: Giant Productions (Firm), Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Warner Home Video (Firm), Trans-Pecos Productions, Du Mont Broadcasting Corporation
Other Authors: 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-, 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
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, Ã2005.
Edition:Two-disc special ed.
Subjects:
Ferber, Edna, > 1887-1968. > Giant > Film adaptations.
Ranch life > Texas > Drama.
Families > Texas > Drama.
Marriage > Drama.
Racism > Texas > Drama.
Oil wells > Texas > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Marfa (Tex.) > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Western films.
Epic films.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; dual-layer format [disc 1] ; Dolby Digital audio.
Audience:MPAA rating: G [re-rated in 1970].
Awards:Named to the National Film Registry in 2005 by the Library of Congress ; Winner: Best Director (George Stevens) -- Nominees: Best Actor (James Dean, Rock Hudson), Best Picture, 1956 Academy Awards (USA) ; Winner, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (George Stevens, Joseph E. Rickards), Directors Guild of America, 1957 -- American Film Institute 100 Greatest American Movies (1998).
Production Credits:Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin.
ISBN:1419811010
9781419811012

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