Return to 'Giant'

Sep 21, 1996

0h 55m

★ 6.1

Overview

In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, west Texas town of Marfa to film what has become, "the national movie of Texas."

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Trans Pecos Productions

Warner Home Video

Return to 'Giant' Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Don Henley

Self

Earl Holliman

Self

Carroll Baker

Self

George Stevens Jr.

Self

Dennis Hopper

Self

Monte Hale

Self

Fran Bennett

Self (archive footage)

James Dean

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor

Self (archive footage)

Rock Hudson

Self

Robert Hinkle

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