Giant | | Cast : | Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean | | Director : | George Stevens | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | November 24, 1956 | | DVD Released Date : | June 10, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | G (General Audience) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Super movie. | Content
 | This dvd movie is a genuine classic. Superb acting (I am not
even a Rock Hudson or Elizabeth Taylor fan)and great direction
and production values. It was a "giant" then in the 50's, and
it still holds its own even today. A great epic and fun to
watch.....sort of the original, big screen "Dallas", but much
better. Recommend this movie, but it is fully three hours long
so make room on your calendar. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | best texan movie of the century | Content
| I REMEMBER SEEING THIS ORIGINALLY WITH MY FATHER WHEN i WAS ABOUT 15 IN GEORGE wEST, TEXAS. MY FATHER WAS A RANCHER, AND I HIS FREE COWHAND THE FIRST 16 YEARS OF MY LIFE. GIANT WAS AN EXPERIENCE, AND WE WONDERED HOW THEY HAD ALL THOSE HERFORDS ON SUCH A BARREN RANGE. BUT I loved the movie, and I love it now, and have watched iut many, many times. Rock was great, liz was great, Rink was great, but not Texan. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2005 | | Summary | Larger than Life DVD set of Larger than Life Classic! | Content
| Everything works with this 2 Disc set from Warner Brothers...not only is the classic sumptuous soap opera GIANT magnificently preserved and presented, but all the special features work to enhance the movie buff's experience.
Too bad Dame Elizabeth Taylor couldn't be a part of the commentary...she is really marvelous in the picture, as are most everyone. George Stevens Jr. lends great sentimentality, insight and credibility to the entire project.
The beautifully executed themes on feminism and racial prejudice are more timeley than ever. Rock Hudson, in arguably the best acting performance of his career, does a marvelous job of transitioning from a "good old boy," to a more enlightened, open minded individual. It's ironic that his own repressed sexuality caused him to be ultimately less enlightened than that of the character which earned him an Oscar nomination.
James Dean, as in his two previous motion pictures, displays an uncanny ability and presence that add to and reinforce his mystique as one of our greatest acting icons of the screen.
You'll treasure owning this great film and probably, as I am, be motivated to also read the Edna Ferber novel on which it was based.
Texas, itself, is also a major star of this movie...with warts and all! How great that it won over the Lone Star state and is still so entertaining decades later. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 30, 2005 | | Summary | A great movie, but very poor restoration work | Content
| I bought this DVD with high expectations having first seen this film as a child - and should be giving it a five star rating. But I was extremely disappointed upon viewing the DVD which contains some of the worst edge enhancement I have ever seen. Hence the two star rating. In many scenes people and animals have glowing neon-like halos surrounding them! How can this film be said to have been restored??!! It would seem the Studio was in one big rush to get this DVD onto the market and had I been aware of this awful transfer, I would never have bought it.
Older movies than Giant have been restored to pristine quality - take a look at Spartacus as an example. So, Warner Bros. please go back to the drawing board with this film and restore it the way it should have been done in the first place. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 08, 2005 | | Summary | Classic epic--- but flawed re-recording of music score | Content
| It's nice to have this classic Texas epic, one of the All-time great films, on DVD. And the extras are good.
Unfortunately, the sound mixing on both the DVD and the mid-to-late 90s tape version, is muted as the musical score was re-recorded during the remastering... The singing voices and the booming kettle drums can barely be heard at all, sucking much of the original drama out of the score. |
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