Giant / a George Stevens production ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens.
Publisher:
Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
1 videodisc (201 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix. Special features include: introduction by George Stevens, Jr. ; commentary by George Stevens, Jr., Ivan Moffat and Stephen Farber ; Documentary: George Stevens : a filmmaker's journey ; George Stevens : filmmakers who knew him, Memories of Giant, and Return to Giant ; New York premiere TV special, Hollywood premiere featurette and behind the camera segments ; stills and documents galleries ; original/reissue theatrical trailers ; and more.
Summary:
The story of Texas rancher Bick Benedict, his society wife, and three generations of their land-rich Texas sons and daughters as their family rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds across two generations. A monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry, and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
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