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based on the novel by Edna Ferber.
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An unprecedented turnout
of more than 2,000 screen celebrities...
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other noted personalities
and press representatives arrive...
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at the famed Chinese Theater
on Hollywood Boulevard...
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in a formal, invitational event
that dazzles 10,000 spectators...
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under a canopy
ofsky-reaching searchlights.
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Three great star names in Giant...
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Elizabeth Taylor...
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Rock Hudson, James Dean.
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And here in the forecourt of the theater...
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are the footprints and handprints
ofGiant's stars...
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and producer/director, George Stevens.
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George had always tried
to do stories with great conscience.
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A Place in the Sun was
a tremendous moral story.
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Shane was a wonderful film.
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He was a distinctly American director.
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He had a sense of the country
and a sense of the land.
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That's why I think Giant
was very important to him.
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George Stevens, as a director,
was 10-plus!
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As a human being...
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he was very special,
and he was also a 10 or a 10-plus.
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George was wonderful with actors.
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He was tough on crew.
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He could be tough because he was
a perfectionist, and he demanded a lot...
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but with actors,
he just had a wonderful camaraderie.
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He had a way of becoming whatever
your character was when he talked to you.
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And I remember, the main scene I had
in the picture was Christmas morning...
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when Bick talks to Bob Dace
about taking over the ranch eventually.
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And I bring out
my greetings from President Roosevelt...
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and say I can't because I've been drafted.
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And I remember George...