Warner Bros.
Presents
A George Stevens - Henry Ginsberg Production

"Giant"

Starring: 
James Dean
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson with Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Nick Adams

1956 - Directed by:   George Stevens
           Produced by:  Henry Ginsberg, George Stevens

Cast:

     Jett Rink................................................................................................................................................................James Dean
   Leslie Lynnton Benedict............................................................................................................................Elizabeth Taylor
    Jordan "Bick" Benedict....................................................................................................................................Rock Hudson
    Jordan Benedict III................................................................................................................;...................... Dennis Hopper
Angel Obregon II................................................................................................................................................Sal Mineo
  Bob Dace......................................................................................................................................................Earl Holliman
Sir David Kafrey..............................................................................................................................................Rod Taylor
Vashti Snythe..................................................................................................................................................Jane Withers
    Luz Benedict (older)......................................................................................................................Mercedes  McCambridge

Written by: Edna Ferber (novel), Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
Music by: Dimitri Tiomkin

Giant  is just that. A movie of huge scale and grandeur in which cattleman Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson), his society gilded wife Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor), wrangler turned oil baron Jett Rink (James Dean) and three generations of land rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in saga of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly rich oil tycoons.  James Dean's final role captured the world in 1956.
 

Oscar Winner Best Director 1957:   George Stevens

Oscar Nomination Best Actor 1957: James Dean, Rock Hudson

  Oscar Nomination Best Supporting Actress 1957: Mercedes McCambridge   

Oscar  Nomination Best Film Editing 1957: Phillip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan, William Hornbeck

  Oscar Nomination Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color 1957: Ralph S. Hurst, Boris Leven

  Oscar Nomination Best  Costume Design, Color 1957: Marjorie Best, Moss Mabry

  Oscar Nomination Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture 1957: Dimitri Tiomkin

  Oscar Nomination Best Picture 1957:  Henry Ginsberg, George Stevens Jr.

  Oscar Nomination Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted 1957: Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat

   Directors Guild of America 1957: Won Outstanding Directional Achievement  in Motion Pictures: George Stevens, Joseph E. Rickards

   Photoplay Awards 1956: Won Gold Medal.

 
 
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