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Giant
1956
· Movie
· 201 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #840
- IMDb #933
- Google retired #1967
- Rotten Tomatoes #950
- Metacritic #553
- Letterboxd #795
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1496
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #934
- Metacritic Critics #471
- Metacritic Audience #1139
- Criticker #667
- Kinopoisk #1295
- AlloCiné #759
- Trakt #1676
Every rating
62–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 87.
See the most agreed on films →A Texas rancher brings his new wife back to his vast estate. The story follows their lives and the lives of their children over several decades. It chronicles the changes in Texas society, the discovery of oil on their land, and the resulting family conflicts over wealth, power, and racial prejudice.
Details
- Director
- George Stevens
- Writers
- Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
- Based on
- Giant by Edna Ferber
- Released
- 8 November 1956
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 201 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $5.4M
- Box office
- $32.9M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →3 major awards won · 7 wins from 22 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1956 | Best Director | George Stevens | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1956 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | George Stevens | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1956 | Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Carroll Baker (also for Baby Doll ) | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1956 | Best Motion Picture | George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1956 | Best Actor | James Dean | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1956 | Best Actor | Rock Hudson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1956 | Best Supporting Actress | Mercedes McCambridge | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1956 | Best Screenplay – Adapted | Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
10 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | George Stevens | Winner |
| Best Actor | James Dean | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Rock Hudson | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction – Color | Art Direction: Boris Leven ; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design – Color | Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, and Fred Bohanan | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg | Nominee |
| Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Dimitri Tiomkin | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mercedes McCambridge | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Carroll Baker (also for Baby Doll ) | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | George Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | George Stevens | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Written American Drama | Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Producer | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
Photoplay Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Gold Medal | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | Giant (as part of "The James Dean Ultimate Collector's Collection") | Nominee |