Giant [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Overview

Based on Edna Ferber's bestselling novel, Giant stars Elizabeth Taylor as the spoiled daughter of a wealthy Maryland family. She is courted by handsome Texas ranch owner Rock Hudson and by dirt-poor ranch hand James Dean, but it is Hudson who wins out. When Dean strikes oil, he uses the leverage of his wealth to get even with Hudson, buying off all the surrounding land as he builds up his "black gold" empire. Many years pass: Hudson, possessed of the inbred prejudices common to many of his fellow Texans, virtually disowns his son Dennis Hopper when the boy marries Mexican Elsa Cardenas. Meanwhile, Hudson's daughter Carroll Baker becomes the semi-mistress of aging millionaire Dean, who uses this relationship as another revenge tactic against Hudson. When Dean insults Hopper's Mexican wife, Hopper slugs him, only to be beaten up by Dean's henchmen; dad Hudson, finally seeing the error of his ways, rushes to Hopper's defense, publicly humiliating Dean. In a climactic confrontation with a racist restaurant owner, Hudson proves to his proud wife Taylor that he has now shed himself of all prejudice towards his Mexican daughter-in-law and mixed-blood grandchildren. Nominated for ten Academy Awards, Giant earned but one statuette, for George Stevens' direction. This was James Dean's last film; his voice is dubbed in several scenes by his good friend, actor Nick Adams.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2022
UPC:	0883929793198
Original Release:	1956
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	9,403

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Elizabeth Taylor	Leslie Benedict,Sir David Karfey
Rock Hudson	Bick Benedict
James Dean	Jett Rink
Mercedes McCambridge	Luz Benedict
Carroll Baker	Luz Benedict II,Governor
Jane Withers	Vashti Snythe
Chill Wills	Uncle Bawley
Sal Mineo	Angel Obregon II
Dennis Hopper	Jordan Benedict III
Judith Evelyn	Mrs. Horace Lynnton
Paul Fix	Dr. Horace Lynnton
Earl Holliman	Bob Dace
Fran Bennett	Judy,Dr. Borneholm
Robert Nichols	Pinky Snythe
Alexander Scourby	Old Polo
Charles Watts	Whiteside
Carolyn Craig	Lacey Lynnton
Monte Hale	Bale Clinch,Bartender
Mary Ann Edwards	Adarene Clinch
Sheb Wooley	Gabe Target
Victor Millan	Angel Obregon I
Mickey Simpson	Sarge
Pilar del Rey	Mrs. Obregon
Maurice Jara	Dr. Guerra
Noreen Nash	Lorna Lane
Napoleon Whiting	Swazey
Tina Menard	Lupe
Ray Whitley	Watts
Felipe Turich	Gomez
Francisco Villalobos	Mexican Priest
Ana Maria Majalca	Petra
Guy Teague	Harper
Natividad Vacio	Eusebio
Max Terhune	Dr. Walker
Barbara Barrie	Mary Lou Decker
George Dunn	Verne Decker
Slim Talbot	Clay Hodgins
Tex Driscoll	Clay Hodgins Sr.
Juney Ellis	Essie Lou Hodgins
Charles Meredith	Minister
Rush Williams	Waiter
Tom Monroe	Guard
Mark Hamilton	Guard
John Wiley	Assistant Manager
Ina Poindexter	Young Woman
Carl Moore	Toastmaster
Ella Ethridge	General's Wife
Paul Kruger	General
Ethel Greenwood	Governor's Wife
Fernando Alvarado	Busboy
Tony Morella	Busboy
Julian Rivero	Old Man
Maxine Gates	Mrs. Sarge
Steven Kay	Jordan (age 4)
Christine Werner	Luz as an Infant
John Garcia	Angel as an Infant
David Jiminez	Angel (age 5)
Wanda Lee Thompson	Judy II (age 2)
Ramon Ramirez	Jordy IV (age 2)
Elsa Cárdenas	Juana Guerra Benedict
Perfideo Aguilar	Jordan Benedict IV - As an Infant
Elsa Aguirre	Minor Role
Richard Bishop	Actor
Dimitri Tiomkin	Conductor,Composer

Technical Credits

Fred Guiol

Ivan Moffat

Edna Ferber

George Stevens	Director,Producer
Fred Guiol	Screenwriter
Ivan Moffat	Screenwriter
Henry Ginsberg	Producer
Edna Ferber	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Introduction ix

My Half: Kind Candor xvi

Part I The Emotional Ingredients 1

Gratitude 3

Self-Awareness 11

Accountability 17

Optimism 23

Empathy 27

Kindness 33

Tenacity 39

Curiosity 45

Patience 51

Conviction 55

Humility 59

Ambition 65

Part II Real-Life Scenarios 69

Part III Exercises 175

Conclusion 191

The inspiration Behind This Book 195

Acknowledgments 197

Notes 199

Editorial Reviews

Even if it hadn't starred three of the most iconic screen figures of the 1950s, George Stevens's Giant would still be an emotionally powerful and visually striking film; adding Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean (in his final performance) to the mix was just the icing on the cake. Dean contributes the highest-caliber fireworks, though his "Method" style sometimes blends uncomfortably with the more traditional performances of the other actors, but Stevens also drew atypically strong performances from Taylor and Hudson, who delivers perhaps his best performance on screen next to Seconds (1966). Based on Edna Ferber's novel, the story is a glorified soap opera, but Stevens's epic production strengthens the narrative rather than drowning it, providing a visual metaphor for the intimidating vastness of the Texas landscape. The image of the vast Benedict mansion slowly appearing as a tiny dot on the horizon is only the most memorable of the film's many indelible images. Giant is as big and sprawling as Texas itself; it's the tininess of the larger-than-life characters in the oilfields of the Southwest that keeps them human, and makes them all the more fascinating.

07/29/2019

Arnold’s debut is a lyrical but long-winded portrayal of a woman reckoning with the disappointments of her life. Ash passes her days swimming at a deserted lake with her seven-year-old daughter, Charlie. When she senses Charlie grow distant as she gets older, Ash commits an unforgivable act while trying to reconnect. This sets in motion the crumbling of Ash’s emotional world, revealing memories of an affair with her yoga instructor, a capricious bisexual woman, and a complicated relationship with her father. Ash slips into a depression that confines her to bed, forcing her husband into the arms of a family friend who comes by to care for Charlie. The narrator’s idiosyncratic, troubled personality is expressed through her obsessive interest in sounds and words. During her first date with her husband, she tells him that she collects words, stating that “finding the right word is like finding a pebble on a whole beach of pebbles.” Arnold uses language like a set of dominoes, connecting endings of sentences to beginnings with sounds and phrases to create an artful tumble of prose. However, the novel’s high style comes at the price of momentum, and it becomes opaque to the point of being inaccessible. With very little plot, Arnold’s novel asks questions of profound moral consequence that get lost in the fogginess of its narrator. (July)

Publishers Weekly

Any serious student of Reformed theology needs to sit at the feet of Petrus van Mastricht. The challenge has been that to do so you needed to know Latin or Dutch. Thanks to the herculean efforts of the folks at the Dutch Reformed Translation Society and Reformation Heritage Books, English readers can now learn the art of ‘living for God through Christ.’” —Stephen J. Nichols, president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries


“With each translation of the formative Reformed theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries comes the possibility of our churches being renewed by forgotten treasures. This is one of those gold mines. So important is van Mastricht that even Descartes felt obliged to respond to his critiques and Jonathan Edwards drew deeply from the well of his Theoretical-Practical Theology. It is a distinct pleasure to recommend this remarkable gem.” —Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California


“The very title of this work, Theoretical-Practical Theology, indicates why, three centuries ago, Petrus van Mastricht’s work appealed to Scottish ministers who studied under him or read his theology. Not least of these was his student James Hog, who would later famously republish The Marrow of Modern Divinity. In making van Mastricht’s classic available in English for a new generation of students, pastors, and scholars, the Dutch Reformed Translation Society and Reformation Heritage Books are giving a great gift to the Christian church as a whole, and to students, pastors, and scholars in particular.” —Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; and teaching fellow, Ligonier Ministries

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