Giant (1956)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

George Stevens

Escritores:

Edna Ferber (novel)
Fred Guiol (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 noviembre 1956 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

From the novel by EDNA FERBER

Plot:

Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.

Plot Keywords:

Texan | Epic | Rancher | Texas | Cattle

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 12 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A beautiful, sweeping epic

Reparto

Elizabeth Taylor	...	Leslie Benedict
Rock Hudson	...	Jordan 'Bick' Benedict Jr.
James Dean	...	Jett Rink
Carroll Baker	...	Luz Benedict II
Jane Withers	...	Vashti Snythe
Chill Wills	...	Uncle Bawley
Mercedes McCambridge	...	Luz Benedict
Dennis Hopper	...	Jordan Benedict III
Sal Mineo	...	Angel Obregón II
Rod Taylor	...	Sir David Karfrey (as Rodney Taylor)
Judith Evelyn	...	Mrs. Nancy Lynnton
Earl Holliman	...	'Bob' Dace
Robert Nichols	...	Mort 'Pinky' Snythe
Paul Fix	...	Dr. Horace Lynnton
Alexander Scourby	...	Old Polo
Fran Bennett	...	Judy Benedict
Charles Watts	...	Judge Oliver Whiteside
Elsa Cárdenas	...	Juana Guerra Benedict (as Elsa Cardenas)
Carolyn Craig	...	Lacey Lynnton
Monte Hale	...	Bale Clinch
Sheb Wooley	...	Gabe Target
Mary Ann Edwards	...	Adarene Clinch
Victor Millan	...	Angel Obregón Sr.
Mickey Simpson	...	Sarge
Pilar Del Rey	...	Mrs. Obregón
Maurice Jara	...	Dr. Guerra
Noreen Nash	...	Lona Lane
Ray Whitley	...	Watts
Napoleon Whiting	...	Jefferson Swazey
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Nick Adams	...	Jett Rink - Giving Banquet Speech (voice) (uncredited)
Perfideo Aguilar	...	Jordan Benedict IV - As an Infant (uncredited)
Elsa Aguirre	...	(uncredited)
Fernando Alvarado	...	Busboy (uncredited)
Eddie Baker	...	Gov. North (uncredited)
Barbara Barrie	...	Mary Lou Decker (uncredited)
Ray Bennett	...	Dr. Borneholm (uncredited)
Dave Bishop	...	Jordan Benedict III - As an Infant (uncredited)
Richard Bishop	...	Jordan Benedict III - As an Infant (uncredited)
Claudia Bryar	...	Older Beauty Operator (uncredited)
John Caler	...	Driver (uncredited)
Georgann Cashen	...	Judy Benedict - As an Infant (uncredited)
Mary Ann Cashen	...	Judy Benedict - As an Infant (uncredited)
Pat Cortland	...	Vashti's Daughter (uncredited)
Colleen Crane	...	Judy Benedict II - As an Infant (uncredited)
Marlene Crane	...	Judy Benedict II - As an Infant (uncredited)
Dana Dillaway	...	Judy Benedict - Age 4 (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll	...	Clay Hodgins Sr. (uncredited)
George Dunn	...	Vern Decker (uncredited)
Pete Dunn	...	(uncredited)
Juney Ellis	...	Essie Lou Hodgins (uncredited)
Ella Ethridge	...	General's Wife (uncredited)
Vera Lee Friedman	...	Vashti's Daughter (uncredited)
John Garcia	...	Angel Obregón II - As an Infant (uncredited)
Maxine Gates	...	Waitress at Sarge's (uncredited)
Ethel Greenwood	...	Governor North's Wife (uncredited)
Bill Hale	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Marc Hamilton	...	Guard (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Governor's Ball Guest (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
David Jiminez	...	Angel Obregón - Age 5 (uncredited)
Steven Kay	...	Jordan Benedict III - Age 4 (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp	...	Governor's Ball Guest (uncredited)
Paul Kruger	...	General (uncredited)
Jill Lent	...	Luz Benedict II - Age 2 (uncredited)
Judy Lent	...	Luz Benedict II - Age 2 (uncredited)
Jack Lomas	...	Truck Driver in Diner (uncredited)
Ana Maria Majalca	...	Petra (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard	...	Governor's Ball Guest (uncredited)
Tina Menard	...	Lupe (uncredited)
Charles Meredith	...	Minister (uncredited)
Harold Miller	...	Wedding Guest / Governor's Ball Guest on Dais (uncredited)
Tom Monroe	...	Guard at Governor's Ball (uncredited)
Carl Moore	...	Toastmaster (uncredited)
Tony Morella	...	Busboy (uncredited)
Ina Poindexter	...	Young Woman (uncredited)
Ramon Ramirez	...	Jordan Benedict IV - as an Infant (uncredited)
Martha Randall	...	Young Beauty Operator (uncredited)
Julian Rivero	...	Old man (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Square Dance Extra (uncredited)
Bob Shurley	...	Extra (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	...	Wedding Guest / Governor's Ball Guest on Dais (uncredited)
Mitzi Sutherland	...	Vashti's Daughter (uncredited)
Slim Talbot	...	Clay Hodgins, Jr. (uncredited)
Guy Teague	...	Harper (uncredited)
Max Terhune	...	Dr. Walker (uncredited)
Wanda Lee Thompson	...	Judy Benedict II - Age 2 (uncredited)
Felipe Turich	...	Gómez (uncredited)
Natividad Vacío	...	Eusebio (uncredited)
Francisco Villalobos	...	Mexican Priest (uncredited)
Christine Werner	...	Luz Benedict II - As an Infant (uncredited)
Dan White	...	Truck Driver in Diner (uncredited)
John Wiley	...	Assistant Manager (uncredited)
Rush Williams	...	Waiter (uncredited)

Dirigida por
George Stevens

Créditos del guión
Edna Ferber		(novel)
Fred Guiol		(screenplay) and
Ivan Moffat		(screenplay)

Producida por
Henry Ginsberg	....	producer
George Stevens	....	producer

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin

Fotografía por
William C. Mellor		(director of photography)

Montaje por
William Hornbeck

Diseño de producción por
Boris Leven

Decorados
Ralph S. Hurst		(as Ralph Hurst)

Diseño de vestuario por
Marjorie Best

Departamento de maquillaje
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor

Dirección de producción
Tom Andre	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Fred Guiol	....	second unit director
Russell Llewellyn	....	assistant director: second unit (as Russ Llewellyn)
Joseph E. Rickards	....	assistant director (as Joe Rickards)

Departamento de sonido
Earl Crain Sr.	....	sound

Especialistas
Eli Bo Jack Blackfeather	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ron Burke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Edwin B. DuPar	....	photography: second unit (as Edwin DuPar)

Departamento de vestuario
Moss Mabry	....	costumes: Miss Taylor

Departamento de Edición
Philip W. Anderson	....	associate editor (as Phil Anderson)
Fred Bohanan	....	associate editor

Departamento de Música
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	conductor
Lucien Cailliet	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Manuel Emanuel	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Michael Heindorf	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Gus Levene	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Wally Cech	....	craft service (uncredited)
Narciso Gonzalez	....	horse wrangler (uncredited)
Bob Hinkle	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)
Ralph McCutcheon	....	horse trainer (uncredited)
George Stevens Jr.	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Giant Productions
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribuidores

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1956) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1972) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1985) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (????) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

También conocida como:

Gigante (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

201 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Español

Color:

Color (Warnercolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Spain:T | Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | West Germany:12 (f) | South Korea:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #17675) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1970) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | Portugal:M/12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Arizona, USA

Compañía:

Giant Productions

Trivialidades:

The film spent an entire year in the editing suites.

Errores:

Errores cometidos por los personajes (posiblemente errores deliberados por los cineastas): A group of Texan landowners talk about Geronimo as the chief of the Comanche. Geronimo was an Apache.

Citas:

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!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in When Comedy Was King (1960)

Banda de Sonido:

Giant

A beautiful, sweeping epic

George Stevens' 1956 epic "Giant" is the story of the Jordan Benedict (Rock Hudson), the male heir to one of the largest cattle ranching families in Texas. At the start of the film, we see Jordan traveling to Maryland to look at a horse he is interested in purchasing, There he meets Leslie, (Elizabeth Taylor) the daughter of the man he is purchasing the horse from (and the unofficial "owner" of the horse) and immediately falls in love with her. The feeling is mutual, so after an incredibly brief (two day) courtship, they marry and he brings her back to his ranch in Texas, Reatta. At first, life on the ranch is tough, particularly while dealing with Jordan's overprotective, no-nonsense sister Luz. (Mercedes McCambridge) Leslie soon adjusts, however, and the two of them start a family. Meanwhile, Jordan is at constant odds with one of his ranch hands, Jet Rink (James Dean) whom he always wants to fire, but is eternally protected by Luz. When Luz unexpectedly dies, Jet is ready to walk off the ranch for good, but discovers that Luz has bequeathed a parcel of the land to him. Partly to tick Jordan off, partly for his respect for Luz and partly so that he can have something for himself, Jett eschews Jordan's cash buyout and instead sets up a homestead on the land. Five years later, Jet strikes oil, and soon he is again at odds with the Benedicts, as Jet, having become one of the richest men in Texas, wants to buy out Reatta, while Jordan wants to keep the ranch for cattle raising, and most importantly – to keep it in the family. The next 15-20 years are spent raising their children and trying to cope with a changing family dynamic, one where the children may not want to adhere to the roles that have been pre-attributed to them, a struggle that is particularly hard for their son Jordan III (Dennis Hopper) because as the sole male heir, his dream of becoming a doctor is seemingly out of the question. "Giant" is about life, and the ever-changing role of the American family.

"Giant" is a very long film, (about three and a half hours) but this time frame is necessary because the story is so rich. Despite its running time, there are no pacing issues, and no real superfluous scenes. The cinematography is lush and rich (I never really thought Texas to be all that intriguing, but William C. Mellor's photography was exquisite. The performances by the principals were very good, particularly since they had to age 25 years in the film. This wasn't a mere makeup job, you could feel the aging in the way they carried themselves, and their facial expressions. James Dean in particular, perhaps because he had such a fascinating character, was stunning. Jet Rink is a complex character, and Dean really worked the role fantastically. I was also impressed, considering the overly idealistic Hollywood of the 1950's, that "Giant", while ending on a happy note, did not compromise its characters in any way to achieve its ending. Jordan for example, is typical old-guard Texas, and therefore looks down on Mexicans. When his son marries one, he has marginal acceptance and is always polite, but even after engaging in a fight to defend the honor of his grandson, he still expresses his woe that his grandson is who he is. Also, Leslie is an unabashed free-thinker who often challenges the Texas traditions, much to Jordan's chagrin. Throughout their years together however, she does not compromise her views and need to express them. I really liked this about the film, because it is rare for the time, particularly when the genre is melodrama.

I really liked this film, though when recommending it, have to caution because of the sheer length of the film. Watching "Giant" is an investment of time, but it is certainly a worthwhile investment. 7/10 --Shelly