Giant
Sometimes any man can be a giant . . .
Country
Production
Budget
$5 400 000
Box office
$32 855 818
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Hoyt Bowers
Editing
William Hornbeck
Whole Team (34)
Whole Team (34)
Short description
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
What's left behind the scenes
- An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.
- Most of the scenes were filmed in the vicinity of the town of Marfa, Texas, including the desert plains.
- Glenn Herbert McCarthy (1907–1988), a real-life oil tycoon, served as the prototype for Jett Rink. Writer Edna Ferber met McCarthy while he was living at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston, which was renamed Emperador in the film.
- William Holden was the primary candidate for the role of Bick Benedict. George Stevens gave Rock Hudson, who ultimately played Benedict, the opportunity to choose his partner for the role of Leslie – Elizabeth Taylor or Grace Kelly. Hudson chose the former.
- Capitol Records, which released part of the soundtrack recorded under the direction of Dmitri Tiomkin by the Warner Brothers orchestra on laser discs, later restored the compositions using digital processing and released them on CDs along with two tracks recorded with Ray Heindorf.
- Director George Stevens wanted to cast Alan Ladd as Rink, but his wife advised against it. She then turned her attention to James Dean. To play scenes of Jett in his older years, James Dean had his hair cut and dyed gray. Near the end of the film, there’s a scene where Dean’s drunken character delivers a speech at a banquet. Among Dean’s former colleagues and fans, this scene is known as “The Last Supper,” as it was the last scene filmed before the actor’s unexpected death. Dean mumbled so convincingly while portraying drunkenness that the scene had to be re-dubbed with another actor – Nick Adams – during editing. Because of this, the film spent almost a year in the editing room.
- Barbara Barrie played her first film role in "Giant." Actress Carroll Baker, Elizabeth Taylor’s screen daughter, is actually a year younger than her "mother."
- In 2005, the film was added to the National Film Registry, possessing “cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance.”
- A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.
- The prototype for Jett Rink was the real-life oil tycoon Glenn Herbert McCarthy (1907–1988). The writer Edna Ferber met McCarthy while he was staying at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston, which was renamed the Emperador in the film.
- Director George Stevens wanted to cast Alan Ladd as Rink, but his wife advised against it. The role then went to James Dean. To play the scenes of Jett in his older years, James Dean had his hair cut and dyed gray. At the end of the film, there is a scene in which Dean's drunken character gives a speech at a banquet. Among Dean's former colleagues and admirers, this scene is known as the 'Last Supper,' as it was the final scene filmed before the actor's unexpected death. Dean mumbled so convincingly while portraying the drunk that the scene had to be dubbed by another actor, Nick Adams, during editing. Because of this, the film spent nearly a year in the editing room.
- William Holden was the primary candidate for the role of Bick Benedict. George Stevens gave Rock Hudson, who ultimately played Benedict, the choice of his partner for the role of Leslie: either Elizabeth Taylor or Grace Kelly. Hudson chose the former.
- Barbara Barry made her film debut in 'Giant.' Actress Carroll Baker, who played Elizabeth Taylor's daughter on screen, is actually one year younger than her 'mother'.
- Capitol Records, which released part of the soundtrack recorded by the Warner Brothers Orchestra under the direction of Dimitri Tiomkin on laserdisc, later restored the compositions using digital processing and released them on CD, along with two tracks recorded with Ray Reindorf.
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