Giant (1956)

Directed by

George Stevens

Genre

drama film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

3h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 766 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sprawling drama about a wealthy Texas rancher and his family over several decades. It follows their conflicts with a rival rancher and the changing social landscape of the American West.

epicsprawlingdramaticromanticnostalgicemotionalbittersweet

What happens

Giant is a 1956 American epic drama film directed by George Stevens, from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean; and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas, and Earl Holliman. Giant was the last of Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him his second and final Academy Award nomination – he was killed in a car crash before the film was released. His friend Nick Adams was called in to do some voice dubbing for Dean's role. 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". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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