Giant 1956
Jordan Benedict Jr. (Rock Hudson), the owner of the largest cattle ranch and estates in Texas, falls in love with the stubborn, intellectual daughter Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor) of a horse ranch owner while visiting to buy a valuable horse. They get married and arrive at Benedict’s magnificent mansion in the middle of endless prairies. The mansion is managed by Sister Luz Benedict and she is not willing to welcome a new bride. Moreover, she has taken the rebellious Jett Rink (James Dean), who refuses to get along with his brother Jordan, under her protection. The story begins in the 1920s and unfolds within the relationship of these four… Traditional lives shaken by the birth of Texas’s first oil magnates, American racism, passion, love, and the wounds of a respected family of landowners over two generations… We witness the birth of a third generation that will lead a completely different life. In the film, the reunion of Jordan and Leslie after their first long separation due to a fight is etched into the memory of Hollywood and moviegoers. This magnificent, award-winning film adaptation of the novel was selected as one of the 2005 Protected Films.
