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Key Information
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| Directors: |
George Stevens |
| Stars: |
Rock Hudson |
| Actors: |
Earl Holliman |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Family Interaction · Personal Triumph · Classic Fight Scenes · Melodrama · Love Triangles · Essential Cinema · Classic |
| MPAA Rating: |
G (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: 2-Pack; Letterboxed; 40th Anniversary Edition |
| UPC: |
085391141433 |
| Release Date: |
1956 |
| Running Time: |
3hr 22min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Special Edition; Two Discs, 3hr 22min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (June 10, 2003)
UPC: 085392322121 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Letterboxed; Limited Edition 40th Aniversary Boxed Set, 5hr 12min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (November 05, 1996)
UPC: 085393613532 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Ivan Moffat |
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Professional Reviews
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(08/01/2003, p.122, Ash Parsons): "...[A] well-acted all-American epic..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Edna Ferber's best-selling family saga was the source of Stevens' sprawling epic, which stars Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean, in his last film appearance. When Texas cattleman Bick Benedict (Hudson) goes to Virginia in the early 1920s to buy a prize stallion, he falls in love with Leslie Lynnton (Taylor), an aristocratic, independent-minded beauty, and they quickly marry. He takes her back to Reata, his 600,000-acre ranch, where sister Luz (Mercedes McCambridge), the family matriarch, does her best to make Leslie feel unwelcome. Leslie is appalled by the second-class status accorded to women and racist attitudes toward the local Mexicans, neither of which seem to bother her husband. Out of compassion, she befriends surly ranch hand Jett Rink (James Dean), who comes to worship her from afar, envying Bick for both his wealth and his wife. He strikes oil on land bequeathed to him by the deceased Luz and his wealth and power grow apace. As the years pass, the bewildered Bick often finds his c... |
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