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Giant

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Directed by George Stevens
Produced by George Stevens
Written by Edna Ferber
Fred Guiol
Starring Elizabeth Taylor
Rock Hudson
James Dean
Carroll Baker
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography William C. Mellor
Editing by William Hornbeck
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) November 24, 1956
September 20, 1996 (re-release)
Running time 201 min. George Stevens ( December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American motion picture George Stevens ( December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American motion picture Edna Ferber ( August 15 1885 - April 16 1968) was an American novelist, Author and Playwright Fred Guiol ( 17 February 1898 - 23 May 1964) was an American Film director and Screenwriter. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Дмитрий Зиновьевич Тёмкин Dmitrij Zinov'evič Tëmkin, sometimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) ( May William C Mellor, ASC ( 29 June 1903 – 30 April 1963) was a Cinematographer who worked at Paramount, MGM William Hornbeck is an acclaimed Film editor. He was nominated four times of the Academy Award for Film Editing. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient For the reissuing of print material see Reprint A reissue (also known as a re-release or re-edition) is the repeated issue
Country Flag of the United States
Language English
Spanish
Budget $5. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 4 million
Gross revenue $35 million
IMDb profile

Giant is a 1956 drama film and was directed by George Stevens. The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes George Stevens ( December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American motion picture The movie was adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from the novel by Edna Ferber. Fred Guiol ( 17 February 1898 - 23 May 1964) was an American Film director and Screenwriter. Edna Ferber ( August 15 1885 - April 16 1968) was an American novelist, Author and Playwright It stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor and Earl Holliman. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film Jane Withers (born April 12[[ 926]] in Atlanta Georgia) is an American actress best known for being one of the most popular child film stars Chill Theodore Wills ( July 18, 1903 &ndash December 15, 1978) was an American Film Actor and Singer Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge ( March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) nicknamed Mercy, was an Academy Award -winning Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Film -maker Salvatore "Sal" Mineo Jr ( January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was a Golden Globe -winning American Rodney Sturt Taylor (born January 11, 1930) is an Australian -born Film and Television Actor. Earl Holliman (born on September 11, 1928, in Delhi Louisiana) is an American film and television actor Giant was the last of James Dean's three films as a leading actor. James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film The film earned James Dean his second and last Academy Award nomination, of three starring roles. He was killed in a car accident before Giant was released. Nick Adams was called in to do some voice-over dubbing for Dean's role. Nick Adams ( July 10, 1931 - February 7, 1968) was an American Film and television Actor.

In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress

Taglines:
From the novel by EDNA FERBER
The legendary epic that's as big as Texas. A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in Marketing materials and Advertising. Edna Ferber ( August 15 1885 - April 16 1968) was an American novelist, Author and Playwright
Sometimes any man can be a giant. . .

Contents

Plot

Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson), the head of the rich Benedict ranching family of Texas, goes to Maryland to buy a stud horse, War of Winds. Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. There he meets and courts Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor), the socialite girl who becomes his wife. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress A socialite is a person who is known to be a part of fashionable Society because of his or her regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant They return to Texas to start their life together on the family ranch, Reata. Luz (Mercedes McCambridge), Bick's sister, and Leslie don't get along. Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge ( March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) nicknamed Mercy, was an Academy Award -winning Jett Rink (James Dean) the family handyman, is jealous of the Benedict wealth and flirts with Leslie. James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film A handyperson, handyman, or handywoman is a a person competent in a variety of trade skills repair and maintenance work

Luz dies after War of Winds bucks her off, and as part of her will, Jett is given a plot of land within the Benedict ranch. In Common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the Testator) regulates the rights of others over his or her Property Bick tries to buy back the land, but Jett refuses. Jett keeps the fenced off waterhole as his home and names the property Little Reata. He discovers oil on his property, and when he gets his first gusher, he barges onto the Benedicts' property proclaiming in front of the entire family that he will be richer than the Benedicts. Bick and Jett have a fistfight and Jett runs off. Leslie eventually gives birth to twins, Jordan Benedict III (Dennis Hopper), or Jordy, and Judy Benedict (Fran Bennett), and a younger daughter named Luz Jr (Carroll Baker). Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Film -maker Fran Bennett (born August 14, 1937) is an American Actress born in Malvern Arkansas.

In the years before World War II, Jett starts an oil drilling company that makes him wealthy. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Bick resists the lure of oil wealth, preferring to remain a rancher. Jett visits the Benedicts to convince Bick to allow oil production to help the war effort. During this visit, Luz Jr, now a teen-aged girl, and Jett start flirting. Once oil production starts, the wealthy Benedict family becomes wealthier.

In the postwar years, tensions in the Benedict household revolve around how the parents want to bring up their children. Bick wants Jordy to run the ranch, but Jordy wants to become a doctor. Leslie wants her Judy to attend boarding school in Switzerland, but Judy wants to stay in Texas for her education.

The Benedict/Rink rivalry comes to a head when the Benedicts find Luz Jr. and Jett Rink have been dating. At a huge gala Jett organizes in his own honor, Jordy tries to fight him, after realizing he and his Mexican American wife, Juana (Elsa Cárdenas), were invited just so Jett's employees could turn Juana away. Bick then takes Jett to a kitchen room, about to fight him, but realizes that Jett is a shell of a man, who only has money. He tells him, "You're not even worth hitting. . . You're all through," and leaves. The party ends when Jett, completely drunk, slumps down in front of everyone before his big speech. Luz Jr. sees him afterwards, once everyone has left the ballroom, and discovers that he is a lonely wreck.

The movie portrays how the oil industry transformed the Texas ranchers into the super rich of their generation. The petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transporting (often by Oil tankers and pipelines

A major sub-plot of the movie is the racism against Mexican Americans in Texas. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that See also History of Mexican-Americans Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry When the movie starts, Bick and Luz are racist towards the Mexicans who work on their ranch, which shocks Leslie. By the end of the movie, though, Bick realizes the wrongs of racism and defends his daughter-in-law and grandson, Juana and Jordan Benedict IV, respectively and earns Leslie's respect.

Cast

Production

The first part of the picture was shot in Albemarle County, Virginia, doubling for Maryland, and utilizing the Belmont estate near the Keswick railroad station, which depicted the "Ardmore, Maryland" railway depot. Fran Bennett (born August 14, 1937) is an American Actress born in Malvern Arkansas. Nick Adams ( July 10, 1931 - February 7, 1968) was an American Film and television Actor. Dan White ( March 25, 1908 — July 7, 1980) was an American actor Albemarle County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Keswick is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, about ten miles The film begins with Jordan "Bick" Benedict, played by Hudson, arriving at Ardmore to purchase a stallion from the Lynnton family.

Much of the subsequent film, depicting "Reata," the Benedict ranch, was shot in and around the town of Marfa, Texas, and the remote, dry plains found nearby, with interiors filmed at the Warner Brothers studios in Burbank, California. Marfa is a city located in the high desert of far West Texas in the Southwestern United States. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States.

The fictional character Jett Rink was based in part of oil tycoon Glenn Herbert McCarthy (1907-1988). Glenn Herbert McCarthy ( December 25, 1907 - December 26, 1988) was a Wildcatter and a flamboyant Oil tycoon Author Edna Ferber met with McCarthy when she booked a room at the Shamrock Hotel to which the novel and film were based. In the film, the fictional Emperador Hotel was based on the former Shamrock Hotel (known as the Shamrock Hilton after 1955) in Houston, Texas. The Shamrock was a Hotel constructed between 1946 and 1949 by Wildcatter Glenn McCarthy southwest of downtown Houston, Texas next Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

The film was premiered in New York City in November 1956 with the local DuMont station televising the arrival of cast and crew, as well as other celebrities and studio chief Jack Warner. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 This article is about Jack Warner the head of Warner Brothers Warner Brothers has included the vintage kinescope of the premiere festivities in New York, as well as interviews with cast members, in their special 50th anniversary DVD set.

Capitol Records, which had issued some of Dimitri Tiomkin's music from the soundtrack (with the composer conducting the Warner Brothers studio orchestra) on an LP, later digitally remastered the tracks and issued them on CD, including two tracks conducted by Ray Heindorf. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as Ray Heindorf ( August 25 1908 - February 2 1980) was an Academy Award -winning American Songwriter, Composer

Director George Stevens wanted to cast fading star Alan Ladd as Jett Rink, but his wife advised against it. George Stevens ( December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American motion picture Alan Walbridge Ladd ( September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American film Actor. The role went to James Dean. James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film Before Elizabeth Taylor accepted it, the role of Leslie was offered to Grace Kelly. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Grace Patricia Kelly (later Grace Princess of Monaco; November 12 1929 &ndash September 14 1982 was an Academy Award -winning American film and William Holden was a leading candidate for the role of Bick Benedict before Rock Hudson was eventually signed. William Holden ( April 17, 1918 &ndash November 12, 1981) was an Academy Award -winning American film Actor

Giant was Barbara Barrie's first film. Barbara Barrie (born May 23 1931) is an American Academy Award-nominated Actress and author of Children's books. Carroll Baker, who plays Elizabeth Taylor's daughter, was older in real life than her screen mother. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress

After James Dean's death late in production, Nick Adams provided Rink's voice for a few lines. James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film Nick Adams ( July 10, 1931 - February 7, 1968) was an American Film and television Actor. The film spent an entire year in the editing room.

It was the highest grossing film in Warner Bros. history until the release of Superman. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Superman (also known as Superman The Movie) is a 1978 Superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the

Academy Awards win and nominations

Giant won the Academy Award for Directing and was nominated nine other times, twice for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Dean and Rock Hudson). The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The other nominations came in the categories of Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mercedes McCambridge), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Costume Design, Color, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Picture and Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934 The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States

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