Giant

Resource Information

The work Giant represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Barrington Area Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Giant

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a George Stevens production ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens

Creator

• Giant (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Ginsberg, Henry
• Stevens, George, 1904-1975
• Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011
• Wills, Chill, 1902-1978
• Withers, Jane, 1926-
• Moffat, Ivan
• Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964
• Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
• Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010
• Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985
• Dean, James, 1931-1955
• McCambridge, Mercedes
• Baker, Carroll, 1931-
• Mineo, Sal, 1939-1976

Actor

• Withers, Jane, 1926-
• Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010
• Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985
• Dean, James, 1931-1955
• Baker, Carroll, 1931-
• McCambridge, Mercedes
• Mineo, Sal, 1939-1976
• Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011
• Wills, Chill, 1902-1978

Film director

• Stevens, George, 1904-1975

Film producer

• Ginsberg, Henry
• Stevens, George, 1904-1975

Screenwriter

• Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964
• Moffat, Ivan

Subject

• Oil fields -- Texas -- Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Families -- Texas -- Drama
• Western films
• Blu-ray discs
• Texas -- Drama
• Ranchers -- Texas -- Drama

Genre

• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Blu-ray discs
• Western films

Language

• eng
• mul
• eng
• cze
• fre
• ger
• ita
• pol
• por
• spa
• eng

Summary

• The film portrays the epic tale of three generations of Texans. A wealthy Texas cattle rancher, Bick Benedict, marries Leslie, a strong-willed Virginia woman, and soon encounter problems that stem from the politics and prejudices of the time. In addition, the family confronts a rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink
• Bonus features: Blu-ray: commentary soundtrack, introduction by George Steven Jr., George Stevens: filmmakers who knew him -- [DVD 1]: special features -- [DVD 2]: George Stevens: A filmmaker's journey

Related

• George Stevens, a filmmaker's journey

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

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

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

English, or dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech and Polish soundtracks; optional subtitles: English French, German or Italian (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish or Turkish

PerformerNote

Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Chill Wills, Jane Withers

Runtime

201

Technique

live action