Giant [Special Edition] [2 Discs]

Based on Edna Ferber's bestselling novel, Giant stars Elizabeth Taylor as the spoiled daughter of a wealthy Maryland family. She is courted by handsome Texas ranch owner Rock Hudson and by dirt-poor ranch hand James Dean, but it is Hudson who wins out. When Dean strikes oil, he uses the leverage of his wealth to get even with Hudson, buying off all the surrounding land as he builds up his "black gold" empire. Many years pass: Hudson, possessed of the inbred prejudices common to many of his ...