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Control # 1 hbl99019263
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20240429113931.0
Phy Descr 7 vd|cvaizu
Fixed Data 8 040123s20031956cau201| ||||vzeng
Obsolete 39    $a212334$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aGCG
Title 245 10 $aGiant$h[videorecording] /$cGiant Productions ; Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat ; produced by George Stevens.
Title:Varint 246 $aGiant$h[videorecording]
Imprint 260    $aBurbank, CA :$bWarner Home Video,$c2003.
Phys Descrpt 300    $a2 videodiscs ( 201 min.) :$bsd.,col. ;$c4 3/4 in.
Local Note 591    $aREQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
Note:General 500    $aBased on the novel "Giant" by Edna Ferber.
Note:General 500    $aOriginally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Note:General 500    $aSpecial features: Disc 1. feature length audidocumentary by film critic Steven Farber, screen writer Ivan Moffat and George Stevens: Filmakers who knew him. disc 2. Documentaries: Memories of Giant and Return to Giant, in which cast, crew and Texans spin small and tall tales about the film's legacy, New York premiere TV special Hollywood premiere featurette, project kickoff newsreel, behind the camera segments, original /reissue theatrical trailers, extensive production notes, production stills and documents galleries, interactive menus, directory filmography, awards notes, documentary, scene access.
Note:Credits 508    $aMusic composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Note:Perfrmr 511 $aElizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Judith Evelyn, Paul Fix.
Abstract 520    $aDick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive, and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barrons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Note:Awards 586    $aAcademy Award: Best Director, George Stevens
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aRanch life$zTexas$vDrama.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aFamilies$zTexas$vDrama.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aMarriage$vDrama.
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFeature films.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFilm adaptations.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aMelodramas (Motion pictures)$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFilms for the hearing impaired.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFiction films.$2lcgft
AE:Pers Name 700 $aStevens, George,$d1904-1975.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aGinsberg, Henry.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aMoffat, Ivan.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aGuiol, Fred,$d1889-1964.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aFerber, Edna,$d1887-1968.$tGiant.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aTaylor, Elizabeth,$d1932-2011.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aHudson, Rock,$d1925-1985.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aDean, James,$d1931-1955.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aMineo, Sal,$d1939-1976.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aHopper, Dennis,$d1936-2010.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aEvelyn, Judith,$d1913-1967.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aFix, Paul,$d1901-1983.
AE:Corp Name 710 $aGiant Productions.
AE:Corp Name 710 $aWarner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
AE:Corp Name 710 $aWarner Home Video (Firm)