Giant (1956) | |
| Director(s) | George Stevens |
| Producer(s) | Henry Ginsberg, George Stevens |
| Top Genres | Drama, Epic, Film Adaptation, Romance, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Husband Wife, LBGT, Marriage, Prejudice, Ranchers, Romance (Drama) |
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Giant Overview:
Giant (1956) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by George Stevens and produced by George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Edna Ferber published in 1952.
Giant was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2005.
Academy Awards 1956 --- Ceremony Number 29 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | James Dean | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Rock Hudson | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mercedes McCambridge | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best | Nominated |
| Best Director | George Stevens | Won |
| Best Film Editing | William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Dimitri Tiomkin | Nominated |
| Best Picture | George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat | Nominated |
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The Five Best Giant Squid/Octopus Movies
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The Little Giant (1933)
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THE SCI-FI BLOGATHON: ?TARANTULA?, ?BLACK SCORPION? & ?THE GIANT CLAW?
By Theresa Brown on Apr 9, 2016 From CineMaven's Essays from the CouchBlog of the Darned plays host to this weekend?s blogathon: BLOGATHON FROM ANOTHER WORLD where bloggers?explore their favorite science fiction?films. You?ll see some loftier choices by clicking onto the banner on the left. My choice? Oh I?m going the Schlock route. This is NOT a put-down. I LOVE Schl... Read full article
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Quotes from
Jordan 'Bick' Benedict: You want to know something, Leslie? If I live to be ninety, I will never figure you out.
Leslie Benedict: Money isn't everything, Jett.
Jett Rink: Not when you've got it.
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Facts about
Orson Welles was inspired by the film to make The Other Side of the Wind, one of his many unfinished opuses. It tells of an old director trying to complete an epic movie and being taunted by his young male lead who keeps calling him "Fatso". The director encourages his star to buy a sports car. In what exists of the film, the director is played by lean, lanky John Huston. "Fatso", however, was James Dean's nickname for George Stevens during the making of "Giant".
George Stevens eschewed the use of the CinemaScope format, as he felt that the lenses tended to distort the image. In terms of his story, he felt that height was much more important than width.
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