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Giant
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.
ISBN
0790771489
Edition
Widescreen, two-disc special ed.
Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2003.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on the novel "Giant" by Edna Ferber.
Originally released in 1956 as a motion picture.
DVD special features: disc 1. feature-lenth audiodocumentary by film critic Stephen Farber, screenwriter Ivan Moffat and George Stevens Jr., introduction by George Stevens Jr., documentary George Stevens: Filmmakers who knew him, interactive menus, 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, interactive menus, director filmography, awards notes, documentary, scene access.
Music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin.
In English or dubbed in French ; optional subitles in English, French, and Spanish ; closed captioned.
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.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2003
Credits
Music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin.
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.
Audience
Rated G.
Videorecording number
23221 Warner Bros.
Subjects
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Giant Productions.
Warner Bros.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
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