Friday, April 25, 2025

GIANT (1956)

 




















Directed by: George Stevens
Based on the book by: Edna Ferber
Starring: Rock HudsonElizabeth TaylorJames DeanCarroll BakerJane WithersChill WillsMercedes McCambridgeDennis Hopper, Sal MineoRod TaylorElsa CardenasEarl HollimanRobert NicholsFran BennettPaul FixJudith EvelynCarolyn CraigNoreen Nash

201 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Sprawling, epic tale of a wealthy Texas rancher and his wife, their descendants, and their life together over twenty-five years. Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. met his future wife Leslie while on a trip East to buy breeding stock, returning home with a bride. Living on a half-million-acre ranch takes some getting used to for Leslie, as does the rough and tumble lifestyle. They have children who have their own minds and are apt to disappoint their parents over their life choices. As Leslie says at one point, "you can't live their lives for them, you can only raise them." Bick's rival is a former ranch hand, Jett Rink, who inherits a tract of land from Bick's late sister Luz Benedict. Jett strikes oil and becomes as wealthy as the Benedicts although there is one thing Bick has that he can never have as his own.

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