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Title Giant / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; screen play by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg ; directed by George Stevens.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2013]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  DVD GIANT DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD CLASSIC FILM GIANT DISCS 1-2    DUE 04-10-24
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  DVD FF F GIANT DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  DVD GIANT DISC DISC 1-2    DUE 12-15-26
 Southington Library - Adult  DVD GIANT DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD GIANT DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Edition [Special edition]
Description 2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in. stamping rda
Description digital optical surround Dolby rda
digital optial mono rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video region 1 rda
Motion pictures lcgft
System Details DVD, NTSC, region1, widescreen; double sided disc; Dolby surround (English), mono (French).
Language English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Cast Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Caroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Judith Evelyn, Earl Holliman, Robert Nichols, Paul Fix, Alexander Scourby.
Credits Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Awards Academy Award, 1957: Best director (Stevens)
National Film Registry selection, 2005.
Audience Rating: G CHV rating: PG.
Summary Based on Edna Ferber's epic novel of a wealthy Texas cattle rancher who marries a strong-willed Virginia woman and the problems they encounter with politics and prejudices of the time. Bonus features include multiple documentaries.
Note Special features include: Disc 1. Introduction, commentary -- Disc 2. Memories of Giant, return to Giant, New York premiere telecast, Hollywood premiere, Giant stars are off to Texas, stills and documents, behind the scenes, behind the camera, trailers, A giant undertaking, George Stevens filmography, awards, cast & crew.
Contents disc 1. Feature film (double-sided) -- disc 2. Special features.
Subject Ranchers -- Drama.
Oil fields -- Texas -- Drama.
Ranch life -- Texas -- Drama.
Texas -- Drama.
Families -- Texas -- Drama.
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 -- Film adaptations.
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. (OCoLC)fst00039106
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Oil fields. (OCoLC)fst01044579
Ranch life. (OCoLC)fst01089735
Ranchers. (OCoLC)fst01089749
Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films -- United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Added Author Stevens, George, 1904-1975, film director, film producer.
Ginsberg, Henry, film producer.
Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964, screenwriter.
Moffat, Ivan, screenwriter.
Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011, actor.
McCambridge, Mercedes, actor.
Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985, actor.
Dean, James, 1931-1955, actor.
Mellor, William C., 1903-1963, director of photography.
Hornbeck, William, 1901-1983, editor of moving image work.
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Giant.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), production company.
Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher.
Added Title Container of (work): Giant (Motion picture)
Container of (expression): Giant (Motion picture). French.
ISBN 9781624040535
1624040535
Standard No. 883929280353
883929346059
Music No. 1000345976 Warner Home Video
3000046035 Warner Home Video
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