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Name: Giant
Released: 1956-11-24
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers

Giant

NR
3h 21m
1956

86%

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Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Rock Hudson star in a sweeping saga of jealousy, racism and the clash of cultures set in the vast Texas oilfields. Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict (Hudson) and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink (Dean) both woo Leslie Lynnton (Taylor) a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict the runs across generations.

Director:

George Stevens

Producer:

George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg

Writer:

Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat

Cast:

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

Extras

Locked video

Introduction by George Stevens Jr.

2 MIN

Locked video

Return to GIANT

55 MIN

Locked video

Memories of GIANT

51 MIN

Locked video

New York Premiere Telecast

28 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: Giant earns its imposing name with a towering narrative supported by striking cinematography, big ideas, and powerful work from a trio of legendary Hollywood leads.

Reviews

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

The only thing giant about it is its length of over 200 minutes.

This ambitious adaptation of the Edna Ferber novel is often touched by greatness, yet it's ultimately too scattershot to satisfactorily maintain its bloated 200-minute running time.

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Christian Science Monitor

John Beaufort

Overlong as Giant may be, one cannot but admire the authority and skill with which George Stevens, the coproducer-director, masters the narrative rolling stock in his tremendous train of events... this is film making of a very high order.

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25YL (25 Years Later)

Don Shanahan

It’s an important step in the completion and appreciation process because you see best what could have been with James Dean and denser material.

Sprawling, ahead-of-its-time George Stevens epic that succeeds more than it doesn't.

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