Giant (1956 film)

thumb Giant is a 1956 film that is a sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. Directed by George Stevens. Written by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, based on the 1962 novel by Edna Ferber. The legendary epic that's as big as Texas.taglines Jordan 'Bick' Benedict Jr. You all think that the glory happened here in the East, don't you, with Valley Forge and Bunker Hill? Do you know about San Jacinto? Have you heard about the Alamo? You want to know something, Leslie? If I live to be ninety, I will never figure you out. Jett Rink You sure do look pretty, Miss Leslie. Pert nigh good enough to eat! 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! Other Uncle Bawley: Bick, you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill. Dialogue Dr. Horace Lynnton: [they pull up to the Lynnton estate and stop as horses jump over the fence in front of them] There he is, there's the stallion. That's War Winds. Bick Benedict: Beautiful. Dr. Horace Lynnton: That's my daughter riding him, Leslie. [turns to Bick] Leslie's my daughter. She's riding him. Bick Benedict: [slyly referring to Leslie instead of the stallion] Doctor, that sure is a beautiful animal. Dr. Horace Lynnton: Yes she, well we'll get to the hoses first thing in the morning. Right now you're coming up to the house and get ready for dinner. Bick Benedict: Leslie... don't behave like that... making a fuss o'er those people. You're a Texan now. Leslie Benedict: Is that a state of mind? I'm still myself... Bick Benedict: You're my wife now honey, you're a Benedict. Leslie Benedict: I still have a mind of my own. Elsewhere being gracious is acceptable. Bick Benedict: Uh, well, but... we're gracious. Leslie Benedict: Money isn't everything, Jett. Jett Rink: Not when you've got it. Jett Rink: I don't know what it might just be a good idea... to gamble 'long with ol' Madama. Bick Benedict: How do you mean? Jett Rink: Jus' gamble 'long. Just... keep what she give me. [beat] I'm sentimental too, Bick. Leslie Benedict: I said I was sorry about the name calling. It was very impolite, I know, but in principle I was absolutely right. Bick Benedict: You come down here and you try to tell us how to run things, insultin' my friends and everything. Now, you look here Leslie, you're my wife, Mrs Jordan Benedict, and I'm asking you right now, when are you gonna settle down and behave like everybody else? Leslie Benedict: Never! Bick Benedict: Who in Hohenzollern do you think you are, anyhow, Joan of Arc or somethin'? Bick Benedict: Just remember, one of these days, that bourbon's gonna kill you. Uncle Bawley: Okay, it'll be me or it. One of us has gotta go. Adarene Clinch: Why, Luz, everybody in this county knows you'd rather herd cattle than make love. Luz Benedict: Well, there's one thing you got to say for cattle... boy, you put your brand on one of them, you're gonna know where it's at! Taglines The legendary epic that's as big as Texas. Sometimes any man can be a giant... A picture of proud people. A love story. A cavalcade -- A conflict of creeds -- A personal drama of strong longings -- A story of big things and big feelings. This is Giant! Leslie Lynnton--whether you loved her in the open or hid it inside you--you hungered... Bick Benedict was big, but he was biggest the one day when he crawled. Jett Rink was made to get to the top -- so he could have the fun of falling all the way down. Cast Elizabeth Taylor - Leslie Lynnton Benedict Rock Hudson - Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. James Dean - Jett Rink Jane Withers - Vashti Hake Snyth, the Benedicts' neighbor Robert Nichols - Mort "Pinky" Snyth, Vashti's husband Chill Wills - Uncle Bawley, Bick's uncle Mercedes McCambridge - Luz Benedict, Bick's sister Carroll Baker - Luz Benedict II, Leslie and Bick's younger daughter Dennis Hopper - Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III, Leslie and Bick's son Fran Bennett - Judy Benedict, Leslie and Bick's older daughter Earl Holliman - Robert "Bob" Dace, Judy's husband Elsa Cárdenas - Juana Villalobos Benedict, Jordan III's wife Paul Fix - Dr. Horace Lynnton, Leslie's father Judith Evelyn - Mrs. Nancy Lynnton, Leslie's mother Carolyn Craig - Lacy Lynnton, Leslie's sister Rod Taylor - Sir David Karfrey, Lacy's husband Sal Mineo - Ángel Obregón II Noreen Nash - Lona Lane External links 0049261 giant Giant 19706 giant Category:Films set in Texas Category:United States National Film Registry films Category:American western (genre) films Category:Films based on American novels Category:Films directed by George Stevens Category:Films set in country houses Category:1956 American films Category:1956 English-language films Category:American drama films Category:American epic films Category:Films set in the 1920s Category:Films set in the 1930s Category:Films set in the 1940s