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 |
BlogHub Articles:
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'Stand Tall!' takes a (virtual) giant step
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Pre-Code Crazy: The Little Giant (1933)
By shadowsandsatin on Aug 20, 2019 From Shadows and SatinEdward G. Robinson? Mary Astor? It?s a ?don?t miss? combo ? and the reason why The Little Giant (1933) is my Pre-Code Crazy pick for the month of August. (My Pre-Code Crazy partner in crime, Kristina over at Speakeasy, is taking a little break from our monthly collaboration, so I?m going to do my be... Read full article
Book Review: CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS
By Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 10, 2019 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogFrank Dello Stritto's CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS is a follow up to his magnificent book A WEREWOLF REMEMBERS: THE TESTAMENT OF LAWRENCE STEWART TALBOT. Both volumes are "biographies" of famous fantastic film characters. CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS covers the life of the man who captured King Kon... Read full article
Still A Giant
By Christy Putnam on Mar 2, 2019 From Christy PutnamThe long awaited chronicle of the personal and professional journey of a 20th Century template for quintessential Hollywood male has arrived. The quest of Rock Hudson for acceptance and recognition has long since ceased, but the fascination with such a “gorgeous hunk of man? continues. All Tha... Read full article
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Quotes from
Jett Rink: You sure do look pretty, Miss Leslie. Pert nigh good enough to eat!
Jett Rink: Everybody thought I had a duster. Y'all thought ol' Spindletop Burke and Burnett was all the oil there was, didn't ya? Well, I'm here to tell you that it ain't, boy! It's here, and there ain't a dang thing you gonna do about it! My well came in big, so big, Bick and there's more down there and there's bigger wells. I'm rich, Bick. I'm a rich 'un. I'm a rich boy. Me, I'm gonna have more money than you ever *thought* you could have - you and all the rest of you stinkin' sons of... Benedicts!
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Facts about
Director George Stevens wanted to cast fading star Alan Ladd as Jett Rink, but his wife advised against it. The role went to James Dean.
In the 40s and 50s the usual policy for films where characters would start young and get older was to cast older actors and de-age them to show them as their younger selves. "Giant" took the then largely radical step of doing the opposite - casting younger actors and using make-up to make them appear older.
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