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The Film Club: Giant

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Derek Malcolm introduces an epic set in Texas during the oil boom.
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

After a whirlwind romance and marriage to Bick Benedict, the beautiful Leslie heads for Texas, the half-million acre Benedict Ranch and a new way of life. George Stevens's sprawling movie portrait of Texas spans three decades of family life and the changing times between the 1930s and the post-war years.

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Contributors

Presenter (Film Club):
Derek Malcolm
Screenplay:
Fred Guiol
Screenplay:
Ivan Moffat
From the novel by:
Edna Ferber
Producer/Director:
George Stevens
Producer:
Henry Ginsberg
Leslie:
Elizabeth Taylor
Bick Benedict:
Rock Hudson
Jett Rink:
James Dean
Vashti Snythe:
Jane Withers
Uncle Bawley:
Chill Wills
Luz Benedict:
Mercedes McCambridge
Luz Benedict II:
Carroll Baker
Jordan Benedict III:
Dennis Hopper
Mrs Horace Lynnton:
Judith Evelyn
Pinky Snythe:
Sal Mineo
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