Summary: Epics in December keeps on rolling. Rolling along the plains and flatlands of Texas that is. Film History on Videotape reviews the 1956 movie Giant, starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and featuring the last on screen performance of James Dean. A film with true epic scope that is rich with themes of class, race relations, age, love and a legacy. When a young Texas bred landowner brings his new bride back to the ranch... nothing will be the same. Rope some cattle and drill for oil with the film that lost the Best Picture Oscar to Around The World in Eighty Days. Ouch. Length [00:30:30m] Download this episode (right click and save)
