Giant

DVD 2013

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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ISBN:

9781624040535
1624040535

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (201 minutes) : sound, colour and black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
monochrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital surround, monophonic
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Based on the novel by Edna Ferber
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956
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
Director of photography, William C. Mellor; editor, William Hornbeck; music, Dimitri Tiomkin
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix
DVD (double sided) ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital surround, monophonic
For private home use only
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Includes audio tracks in English and French with subtitles in English, French and Spanish
Academy Awards: Best Director (1956)

Control Number:

1188042

UPC:

883929280353
883929346059

Other Authors:

Baker, Carroll, 1931- actor
Dean, James, 1931-1955, actor
Evelyn, Judith, 1913-1967, actor
Fix, Paul, 1901-1983, actor
Giant Productions (Firm), production company
Ginsberg, Henry, film producer
Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964, screenwriter
Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010, actor
Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985, actor
McCambridge, Mercedes, actor
Mineo, Sal, 1939-1976, actor
Moffat, Ivan, screenwriter
Stevens, George, 1904-1975, film director, film producer
Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011, actor
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979, composer
Warner Bros, production company
Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher
Wills, Chill, 1902-1978, actor
Withers, Jane, 1926-2021, actor
motion picture adaptation of (work): Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Giant [DVD]

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