Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by George Stevens
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Actor: Carroll Baker, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Jane Withers, Rock HudsonDirector: George Stevens
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: William C. Mellor
Producer: George Stevens
Editor: Robert Lawrence
Producer: Henry Ginsberg
Writer: Edna Ferber
Writer: Fred Guiol
Writer: Ivan Moffat
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Extra tracks, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 201 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 70690
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Giant is a movie of huge scale and grandeur in which three generations of land-rich Texans love, swagger, connive and clash in a saga of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly rich oil tycoons. It's also one of the most beloved works of director George Stevens, who won an Academy AwardO* for this film, one of 10 Oscar nominations** the film earned.Running Time:
Movie Reviews of Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: "Money Can't Buy Me Love"
Summary: 5 Stars
Quite possibly the inspiration for the TV series "Dallas", this tale of Texas is indeed, larger than life; the rich story by Edna Ferber bought to the screen with a cast of characters second to none at the time. James Dean who became a film legend before and after his time, played magnificently the role of Jett Rink, a ranch hand who was too smart to play dead, too underprivileged to compete - yet. As Jordan Benedict (Rock Hudson)returns from the East Coast bringing not only a blooded foundation horse to improve his stock, but also a stunning young Eastern wife, Jett Rink is instantly overwhelmed by her beauty and class; she is a breed apart, untouchable. But maybe, just maybe, not! - if he somehow could become rich and refined enough! Thus begins his life-long fascination/infatuation with Bic Benedict's wife, Leslie, and the "rest of the story".
George Stevens was one of a kind during his eara - directing through his infallible skill in casting such wonderful films as "Shane" and "Hud" into the legends they are today. The scene most poignant for me was the one later in life, as the self-made, successful, debauched misfit, Jett Rink, veteran of the wages of life and liquor makes his sheepish and hesitant bid for the hand of the daughter of the woman he has loved and lusted after from afar throughout his life. Pining eternally for something more he yearns for but cannot have, Jett sees his chance a generation later but he still can't pull it off. I was struck by the sheer artistry employed by George Stevens in directing the girl in role of Leslie Bendict's daughter as she tries to find something she likes in Jett besides his money and the fact her father detests him. It is eerie! The mannerisms, the voice, the mental frame of mind, even the timbre of the voice tumbles out of the past at Jett Rink as they sit at the table. In a pitiful, painful way,it is romantic, moving. (the book itself paints a far less romantic version of Jett Rink's adoration for Leslie)
When the book first came out, it was critiqued as being slanted against Texas, but I felt it was a balanced act, depicting very fairly the views that might have been taken by a "tenderfoot" from the East, who was arriving from a vastly different culture, and trying to adjust to not only the landscape, but the food, the people, the purpose. If you look closely, there were subtle truths abounding throughout the pages, as both of these vastly different people adjusted to each other, and managed to love each other despite those differences.
The movie also dealt with a variety of then-controversial subjects beyond Big Oil Wells and Big Cattle ranches; such as class disparity coloring even such basics as a visit from a doctor; wealth without conscience; the ravages of war; sassy women who have forgotten their place in a man's world; and of interracial marriage. Jordan Benedict (Bic), discovers to his chagrin there are a lot of things he cannot control with money and power; he, after a lifetime of vigorous bigotry, finds himself possessed rather unceremoniously of an educated, but nonetheless of Spanish descent daughter-in-law! He bears up under this indignity rather grudgingly - until the time he and the mixed family he has come to accept run afoul of a restaurateur who makes disparaging remarks about Bic's baby grandchild. A "rowdy rhubarb" of epic Texan proportions ensues, and when the last table is shattered, the restaurant owner beats the tar out of Bic, but it was worth it; he comes to understand at last that blood is thicker than water even if it is mixed up slightly.
Both book and movie are unforgettable.
Summary of Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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