Giant /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Two-disc special ed.
Imprint:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2003.
Description:	2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English French
Subject:	Ranch life -- Texas -- Drama. Family -- Texas -- Drama. Marriage -- Drama. Families. Marriage. Ranch life. Texas. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Drama. Feature films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5932722

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Other authors / contributors:	Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964. Moffat, Ivan. Stevens, George, 1904-1975 Ginsberg, Henry. Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011 Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985. Dean, James, 1931-1955. Baker, Carroll, 1931- Withers, Jane, 1926- Wills, Chill, 1902-1978. McCambridge, Mercedes. Mineo, Sal, 1939-1976 Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010 Evelyn, Judith. Fix, Paul, 1901-1983. Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979 Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Giant Productions. Warner Bros. Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN:	0790771489 1419811010
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Special features: Disc 1. Feature-length audio commentary by film critic Stephen Farber, screenwriter Ivan Moffat and George Stevens Jr., introduction by George Stevens Jr.; documentary "George Stevens : filmmakers who knew him"; scene access. Disc 2. Documentaries "Memories of Giant" and "Return to Giant", in which cast, crew and Texans spin small and tall tales about the film's legacy; New York premiere TV special Hollywood premiere featurette; project kickoff newsreel; behind the cameras segments; original/reissue theatrical trailers; extensive production notes; production stills and documents galleries; director filmography; awards notes; documentary; scene access. Director of photography, William C. Mellor; editor, William Hornbeck; music, Dimitri Tiomkin. Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix. DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. Languages: English (Dolby surround stereo) or French (mono), subtitles: English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Summary:	Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land-rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Standard no.:	085392322121 012569706903
Publisher's no.:	23221 Warner Home Video 70690 Warner Home Video

Description
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Special features: Disc 1. Feature-length audio commentary by film critic Stephen Farber, screenwriter Ivan Moffat and George Stevens Jr., introduction by George Stevens Jr.; documentary "George Stevens : filmmakers who knew him"; scene access. Disc 2. Documentaries "Memories of Giant" and "Return to Giant", in which cast, crew and Texans spin small and tall tales about the film's legacy; New York premiere TV special Hollywood premiere featurette; project kickoff newsreel; behind the cameras segments; original/reissue theatrical trailers; extensive production notes; production stills and documents galleries; director filmography; awards notes; documentary; scene access.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, William C. Mellor; editor, William Hornbeck; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
ISBN:	0790771489 1419811010