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10 October 1956 |
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Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution, Kino International |
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201 min |
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Overwiew :Story of a wealthy land owner and cattle rancher (Hudson) who marries a spoiled and wealthy Virginian (Taylor). When the two return to Hudson's cattle empire in Texas, conflicts around race, class and changing traditions rise to epic proportions and test the unity of the family and surrounding community. |
Starring :
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Mercedes McCambridge, Jane Withers
Directors :
George Stevens
Producers :
George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg
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www.geocities.com - : “Giant” is what it is, so take it or leave it: a ridiculously oversized 1950s soap opera epic. It’s big to the point of being obscene, tedious hours long, often stilted and inaccessible, and monstrously over-scored. Stiff cameras look over huge vistas and process shots in 35mm that wants to be 70mm. Men come in from hours in the dust with mousse-drenched hair while women cake themselves in makeup. Spurs are worn indoors. The young people we meet at the beginning are grandparents at the end and I’m sure some kid gets fatally thrown by a horse. (Is there any movie besides “Barry Lyndon” where this doesn’t feel contrived?) Replace Egypt with the big sky country in Texas, replace the Exodus with the oil boom in the early part of the 20th century, give pharaoh a pompadour, and replace Yul Brynner with James Dean, and it’s basically “The Ten Commandments.” more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : Trite as such observation may be, there is no better way to report the physical and financial qualities of ''Giant'' than to state that it overwhelmingly fulfills the promise of its title. Here is a film that's gigantic--in concept, execution and, above all, in its probability of being one of the top grossers of all times. From the novel by Edna Ferber, estimated to have had 63 million readers, the screenplay adheres to the original, indulging in some sequence shuffling to accord accent to the feature's size, scope, spectacle and drama. Because it treats with the vastness and wealth of Texas and her opulent citizens, some raucousness creeps into the screen yarn, and this may present a target for the barbs of carpers. If there be such weaknesses, they are of slight consequence in comparison with the offering's virtually ceilingless commercial possibilities. more...
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : Giant makes for an interesting case study of a ''classic'' American motion picture. Although it was a huge financial success for Warner Brothers, the prints were allowed to fall into a shocking state of disrepair over the years. And Giant's reputation, which is based in part on a host of positive reviews and 10 Academy Award nominations, greatly exceeds its actual quality. Big, sprawling, and more than a little sudsy, Giant might have been remembered as little more than a lavish, big-screen soap opera, except for one thing -- released posthumously, it was the last feature appearance of icon James Dean. Dean, whose ''live fast, die young'' creed cost him his life in a 1955 car crash, had only three starring roles (East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Giant), but his death accorded immortality to his image. more...
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