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Overview
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Release Date:
1 October 1958 (USA)
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Tagline:
Big they fought! Big they loved! Big their story!
Plot:
A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land. full summary | add synopsis
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Cattle
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Ranch
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Horse
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Attempted Rape
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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4 nominations
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(4 articles)
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Big Fued, Big Romance, Big musical Score
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gregory Peck | ... | James McKay |
 | Jean Simmons | ... | Julie Maragon |
 | Carroll Baker | ... | Patricia Terrill |
 | Charlton Heston | ... | Steve Leech |
 | Burl Ives | ... | Rufus Hannassey |
 | Charles Bickford | ... | Maj. Henry Terrill |
| Alfonso Bedoya | ... | Ramón Guiteras |
| Chuck Connors | ... | Buck Hannassey |
| Chuck Hayward | ... | Rafe Hannassey |
| Buff Brady | ... | Dude Hannassey |
| Jim Burk | ... | Blackie / Cracker Hannassey |
| Dorothy Adams | ... | Hannassey woman |
| Chuck Roberson | ... | Terrill cowboy |
| Bob Morgan | ... | Terrill cowboy |
| John McKee | ... | Terrill cowboy |
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Runtime:
165 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #18972) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Australia:PG |
USA:Not Rated (DVD) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
West Germany:12
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The character played by Charles Bickford was supposed to represent then US President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Continuity: As Steve and the major ride into Blanco canyon, Steve's bandanna is tied over his right shoulder, he looks back to see riders coming and it is over his left shoulder.
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Quotes:
Major Henry Terrill:
What do you want Hannassey?
Rufus Hannassey: Just payin' back the call that you and your men did to my boys this mornin'... sorry I wasn't there to give you the proper welcome. I got me something to say that's about thirty years overdue. This is a mighty fine house, Major Terrill, a gentleman's house...
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Rufus Hannassey: Just payin' back the call that you and your men did to my boys this mornin'... sorry I wasn't there to give you the proper welcome. I got me something to say that's about thirty years overdue. This is a mighty fine house, Major Terrill, a gentleman's house...
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Referenced in "The Ren & Stimpy Show: Black Hole/Stimpy's Invention (#1.6)" (1992)
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The Big Country was passed over by the professional critics as being empty, ernest, and not enough sweep to be called a true epic. Well, I remember seeing The Big Country and was properly swept off my feet by the grand scale of the Big Country, the death feud between Burl Ives and Charles Bickford, the shaky and doomed romance between Gregory Peck and the spoiled Carroll Baker and the quiet understanding between Peck and the lovely Jean Simmons, but most of all, the thing that propelled me to see The Big Country over and over was the magnificant score by Jerome Moross. Sure, I could site many scores that have aided films to glory, Max Steiner for The Letter, Maurice Jarre for Lawrence of Arabia, Miklos Roza for an excellent score for a weak epic Land of the Pharaohs, and Hans Zimmer for an excellent score for a great epic Gladiator but I still say that for a western you can't get any better than the magnificant score for The Big Country. The sweep and majesty and the quiet moments of Jerome Moross's music sets the tone for this truly underated movie. United Artist released the music on LP and I wore mine out along with my neighbors complaints, I now own an excellent CD produced by SILVA SCREEN which I can't wear out. All in all see The Big Country on your big screen in Widescreen and give yourself a real treat. Who needs Giant?