Basic facts

Original title Giant
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Leslie Lynnton, senare Mrs. Leslie Benedict

Rock Hudson
Jordan "Bick" Benedict, senare Leslies man

James Dean
Jett Rink

Carroll Baker
Leslie "Luz" Benedict II, Leslies och Bicks yngsta dotter

Jane Withers
Vashti Snythe, Benedicts granne

Chill Wills
farbror Bawley

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Title for Swedish Video release

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Dialogue Coach
Second Unit Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Location Manager
Unit Manager
Production Assistant
Casting
Production Accountant
Production Secretary
Unit Publicist
Assistant Production Manager
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Second Unit Director of Photography
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Best Boy
Key Grip
Conductor
Set Decorator
Propman
Upholsterer
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Stunt
Sound Assistant
Other Crew

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor Leslie Lynnton, senare Mrs. Leslie Benedict
Rock Hudson Jordan "Bick" Benedict, senare Leslies man
James Dean Jett Rink
Carroll Baker Leslie "Luz" Benedict II, Leslies och Bicks yngsta dotter
Jane Withers Vashti Snythe, Benedicts granne
Chill Wills farbror Bawley
Mercedes McCambridge Luz Benedict, Bicks äldre syster
Dennis Hopper Jordan Benedict III, Leslies och Bicks tvillingson
Sal Mineo Angel Obregón II
Rod Taylor (as Rodney Taylor) Sir David Karfrey
Judith Evelyn Mrs. Nancy Lynnton, Leslies mor
Earl Holliman Robert "Bob" Dace
Robert Nichols Mort "Pinky" Snythe, Vashtis man
Paul Fix doktor Horace Lynnton, Leslies far
Alexander Scourby gamle Polo, chef för boskapsskötarna
Fran Bennett Judy Benedict, Leslies och Bicks tvillingdotter, senare gift med Bob Dace
Charles Watts Oliver "Ollie" Whiteside, domare, senare senator
Elsa Cárdenas Juana Villalobos, senare Jordan II:s mexikanska fru
Carolyn Craig Lacey Lynnton, Leslies syster, senare Mrs. Karfrey
Monte Hale Bale Clinch, granne
Sheb Wooley Gabe Target, granne
Mary Ann Edwards Adarene Clinch, Bales fru
Victor Millan Angel Obregón I, Angels far
Mickey Simpson Sarge, ägaren till hamburgerstället Sarge's Place
Pilar Del Rey señora Obregón, Angel Obregón I:s fru
Maurice Jara doktor Guerra
Noreen Nash Lona Lane
Ray Whitley Watts
Napoleon Whiting Jefferson Swazey
- Ej krediterade:
Felipe Turich Gómez
Francisco Villalobos den mexikanske prästen som viger Jordan III och Juana
Tina Menard Lupe, Benedicts tjänsteflicka
Ana Maria Majalca Petra, Benedicts tjänsteflicka
Guy Teague Harper
Natividad Vacío Eusebio
Max Terhune doktor Walker
Ray Bennett doktor Borneholm
Barbara Barrie Mary Lou Decker, gäst på Luz begravning
George Dunn Vern Decker, Mary Lous man
Slim Talbot Clay Hodgins Jr.
Tex Driscoll Clay Hodgins Sr.
Juney Ellis Essie Lou Hodgins
Eddie Baker guvernör North
Jack Trent gäst
Charles Meredith präst
Rush Williams uppassare
Bill Hale bartender
Tom Monroe vakt på guvernörens fest
Marc Hamilton vakt
John Wiley assistant manager
Martha Randall ung skönhetsfröken
Claudia Bryar äldre skönhetsfröken
Ina Poindexter ung kvinna
Carl Moore toastmaster
Paul Kruger generalen
Ella Ethridge generalens fru
Edith Greenwood guvernörens fru
Fernando Alvarado springpojke
Tony Morella springpojke
Julian Rivero en gammal man
Maxine Gates uppasserska på Sarge's
John Caler förare
Dan White lastbilschaufför på matstället
Jack Lomas lastbilschaufför på matstället
Mitzi Sutherland Vashtis dotter
Pat Cortland Vashtis dotter
Vera Lee Friedman Vashtis dotter
Richard Bishop Jordan som spädbarn
David Bishop Jordan som spädbarn
Steven Kay Jordan som fyraåring
Mary Ann Cashen Judy som spädbarn
Georgann Cashen Judy som spädbarn
Dana Dillaway Judy Benedict som fyraåring
Christine Werner Luz som spädbarn
Judy Lent Luz som tvååring
Jill Lent Luz som tvååring
John Garcia Angel som spädbarn
David Jiminez Angel som femåring
Colleen Crane Judy II som spädbarn
Marlene Crane Judy II som spädbarn
Wanda Lee Thompson Judy II som tvååring
Perfideo Aguilar Jordan IV som spädbarn
Margaret Trujillo Jordan IV som spädbarn
Ramon Ramirez Jordan IV som tvååring
- samt
Nick Adams voice double för James Dean i hotellscenerna
Elsa Aguirre kvinna
Pete Dunn en man
Sam Harris gäst på guvernörens fest
Stuart Holmes bröllopsgäst
Kenner G. Kemp gäst på guvernörens fest
Kermit Maynard gäst på guvernörens fest
Harold Miller bröllopsgäst / gäst på guvernörens fest
Jeffrey Sayre squaredansare
Bob Shurley en man
Bert Stevens bröllopsgäst / gäst på guvernörens fest

Companies

Production Company A George Stevens Production
Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Copyright Giant Productions 1956-11-24 LP9719
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Warner Bros. Film AB 1957
Distributor in Sweden (Home Video) Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1997
Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1988
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1997
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB 2003
Laboratory Warner Bros. Laboratories

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 95857
Date 1960-05-03
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 5535 meters
Censored length 5500 meters


Censorship number 89496
Date 1957-01-24
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 5425 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system Warnercolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 5535 meter
Length in minutes 202 min


Original work

Original title Giant (Novel)
Author Edna Ferber


Production location

USA (114 inspelningsdagar) 1955-06 1955-10
Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Kalifornien

Release dates

First showing 1956-10-11 Roxy Theatre New York USA
Release in Stockholm 1957-02-13 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 198 min
Other showing 1976-03-19 Lyran Stockholm Sweden 202 min
TV showing 1989-03-23 TV2 Sweden 190 min
1991-03-03 TV3 Sweden 190 min
1993-01-02 TV3 Sweden 190 min
1996-08-04 TV4 Sweden 190 min
Video release 1997-09 Sweden 190 min
TV showing 1999-11-05 SVT1 Sweden 190 min
DVD release 2003-07-30 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2005-09-11
Cinematheque screening 2016-01-24 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Giant (This Then Is Texas)
Composer Dimitri Tiomkin (1956)
Lyrics Paul Francis Webster (1956)
Singer kör


Original title There's Never Been Anyone Else But You
Composer Dimitri Tiomkin (1956)
Lyrics Paul Francis Webster (1956)


Original title Jingle Bells/One Horse Open Sleigh
Composer James L. Pierpont (1857)
Lyrics James L. Pierpont (engelsk text 1857)
Eric och Gösta = Eric Sandström & Gösta Westerberg (svensk text 1947)
Singer kör


Original title The Star-Spangled Banner
Composer John Stafford Smith (1779-1780)
Lyrics Francis Scott Key (engelsk text 1814)
Singer kör


Original title South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)
Composer Michael Carr (1939)
Lyrics Jimmy Kennedy (1939)
Sung by kör


Original title The Yellow Rose of Texas
Composer J.K. (1858)
Lyrics J.K. (1858)
Singer kör


Original title The Eyes of Texas (Are Upon You)
Lyrics John L. Sinclair (1903)
Singer kör


Original title Oh! Susanna
Composer Stephen C. Foster (1846)
Lyrics Stephen C. Foster (1846)


Original title Dixie
Composer Daniel Decatur Emmett (1860)


Original title Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune
Composer Claude Debussy (1905)


Original title Clementine


Original title Auld Lang Syne
Lyrics Robert Burns (dock ej första strofen)


Original title Brautchor (Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin)
Composer Richard Wagner (1850)
Lyrics Richard Wagner (tysk text 1850)
Fritz Ahlgrensson (svensk text 1874)


Original title Ein Sommernachtstraum. Hochzeitmarsch
Composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1842)


Original title Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Composer Franz Gruber (1818)
Lyrics Joseph Mohr (1818)
Oscar Mannström (svensk text 1915)
Musical Arrangement Mats Bergström


Original title Bésame mucho
Composer Consuelo Velázquez (1940)
Lyrics Lennart Reuterskiöld (svensk text 1944 "Säg det igen")
Sunny Skylar (engelsk text 1944 "Kiss Me Again")
Consuelo Velázquez (spansk text 1940)


Original title Would You Believe Me
Composer Ray Heindorf (1947)
M.K. Jerome (1947)
Lyrics Charles Tobias (1947)


Original title The Arkansas Traveler
Composer Sanford C. Faulkner (1840-talet)


Original title Taps
Composer Daniel Butterfield (1862)


Original title The U.S. Air Force
Composer Robert Crawford (1939)
Lyrics Robert Crawford (1939)


Original title Through a Thousand Dreams
Composer Arthur Schwartz (1946)
Lyrics Leo Robin (1946)


Original title Wiegenlied/Guten Abend, gut' Nacht .../Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Composer Johannes Brahms (1868)
Lyrics Knut Nyblom (svensk text)


Precious Images (1986) Giant (1956)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 5500


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 10
Behind the scenes prints 11
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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