Trailer
Date & Time
Screen
VERSION
14:00 - Sat. 13 Jun 2015
MK2 Grand Palais -
S.1
EN/sFR
SYNOPSIS
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner’s daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds across two generations..
CREDITS
George Stevens - Director
Ivan Moffat - Screenplay
Fred Guiol - Screenplay
Dimitri Tiomkin - Music
CAST
James Dean - Jett Rink
Elizabeth Taylor - Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Rock Hudson - Jordan Bick Benedict
Carroll Baker - Luz Benedict II
Dennis Hopper - Jordan Benedict III
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Stevens is an American director, screenwriter and producer. Initially a director of photography, his first success as director came with Alice Adams in 1935. His career comes to a halt during the Second World War when he enlisted in a film unit in the US Army Signal Corps. A respected director within the Hollywood industry, he won Academy Awards for Best Director for A Place in the Sun (1951) and Giant (1956).
FILM INFO
Year : 1957
Country : USA
Runtime : 201 min
Language : English
Colour : Colour