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Don Graham's Giant is a larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology.
Featuring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor, Giant is an epic film of fame and materialism, based around the discovery of oil at Spindletop and the establishment of the King Ranch of south Texas. Isolating his star cast in the wilds of West Texas, director George Stevens brought together a volatile mix of egos, insecurities, sexual proclivities, and talent. Stevens knew he was overwhelmed with Hudson's promiscuity, Taylor's high diva-dom, and Dean's egotistical eccentricity. Yet he coaxed performances out of them that made cinematic history, winning Stevens the Academy Award for Best Director and garnering nine other nominations, including a nomination for Best Actor for James Dean, who died before the film was finished.
In this compelling and impeccably researched narrative history of the making of the film, Don Graham chronicles the stories of Stevens, whose trauma in World War II intensified his ambition to make films that would tell the story of America; Edna Ferber, a considerable literary celebrity, who meets her match in the imposing Robert Kleberg, proprietor of the vast King Ranch; and Glenn McCarthy, an American oil tycoon; and Errol Flynn lookalike with a taste for Hollywood. Drawing on archival sources Graham's Giant is a comprehensive depiction of the film's production showing readers how reality became fiction and fiction became cinema.
Don Graham's Giant is a larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology.
Featuring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor, Giant is an epic film of fame and materialism, based around the discovery of oil at Spindletop and the establishment of the King Ranch of south Texas. Isolating his star cast in the wilds of West Texas, director George Stevens brought together a volatile mix of egos, insecurities, sexual proclivities, and talent. Stevens knew he was overwhelmed with Hudson's promiscuity, Taylor's high diva-dom, and Dean's egotistical eccentricity. Yet he coaxed performances out of them that made cinematic history, winning Stevens the Academy Award for Best Director and garnering nine other nominations, including a nomination for Best Actor for James Dean, who died before the film was finished.
In this compelling and impeccably researched narrative history of the making of the film, Don Graham chronicles the stories of Stevens, whose trauma in World War II intensified his ambition to make films that would tell the story of America; Edna Ferber, a considerable literary celebrity, who meets her match in the imposing Robert Kleberg, proprietor of the vast King Ranch; and Glenn McCarthy, an American oil tycoon; and Errol Flynn lookalike with a taste for Hollywood. Drawing on archival sources Graham's Giant is a comprehensive depiction of the film's production showing readers how reality became fiction and fiction became cinema.
Contents
Prologue
1. Long Story Short
2. Beefcake Baron
3. Tell Mama All
4. Plantation Life
5. Lone Star
6. West of the Pecos
7. Plein Air
8. Duel in the Sun
9. Being and Nothingness in L.A.
10. Love and Marriage
11. Last Days at the Villa Capri
12. Fanfare
13. Meta-Marfasis
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Thema: | Theater & Film |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 336 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781250212573 |
| ISBN-10: | 125021257X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Graham, Don |
| Hersteller: | ST MARTINS PR 3PL |
| Maße: | 228 x 154 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Don Graham |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.05.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,384 kg |
Contents
Prologue
1. Long Story Short
2. Beefcake Baron
3. Tell Mama All
4. Plantation Life
5. Lone Star
6. West of the Pecos
7. Plein Air
8. Duel in the Sun
9. Being and Nothingness in L.A.
10. Love and Marriage
11. Last Days at the Villa Capri
12. Fanfare
13. Meta-Marfasis
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Thema: | Theater & Film |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 336 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781250212573 |
| ISBN-10: | 125021257X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Graham, Don |
| Hersteller: | ST MARTINS PR 3PL |
| Maße: | 228 x 154 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Don Graham |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.05.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,384 kg |
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