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James Dean refused to undergo a lengthy make-up process for his later scenes, claiming "a man o [...]	D
Rock Hudson was on loan from Universal-International and Elizabeth Taylor was on loan from MGM [...]	D
As part of his direction of Rock Hudson, George Stevens took him to screenings of movies starri [...]	D
James Dean called the shooting style of producer and director George Stevens the "around the cl [...]	D
In 1956, Rock Hudson starred in two movies that are often cited as major influences on televisi [...]	D
Early on, when having dinner with his hosts, Rock Hudson describes Texas being like another cou [...]	D
Pier Angeli, Rita Moreno, and Gloria Rhoads were considered for the role of Juana Guerra Benedi [...]	D
In a prolonged scene, ranch hand Angel Obregon has been killed in World War II and his body ret [...]	D
During breaks in filming, James Dean got the local cowboys to teach him how to handle a lariat [...]	D
Carroll Baker, who played Dame Elizabeth Taylor's daughter, was older than Taylor.	D
When Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. (Rock Hudson) and his cronies are attempting to buy off Jett R [...]	D
According to Phyllis Gates, who visited her husband Rock Hudson on the set, James Dean drove a [...]	D
Dame Elizabeth Taylor forged a close bond with James Dean. Some nights they would sit up late a [...]	D
James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Dennis Hopper appeared in Rebel Without a Cause (1955).	D
Leon Ames and Dean Jagger were considered for Dr. Horace Lynnton.	D
At the premiere of this movie, some of the teenagers in the theater wept when they saw James De [...]	D
During location shooting, Warner Brothers gave the principal cast members battered old Chevrole [...]	D
Ben Johnson tried out for the role of Bale Clinch.	D
George Stevens made this movie for no upfront salary, but a percentage of the (substantial) pro [...]	D
At the beginning of this movie, Bick and Leslie Benedict are sleeping in the same bed. When the [...]	D
Jett Rink was based upon the life of Texas oilman Glenn H. McCarthy (1907-1988), an Irish immig [...]	D
In the 2005 DVD release, there is what appears to be an inside joke in the chapter listings of [...]	D
Rock Hudson and James Dean did not get along. Although later rumors would suggest that Dean had [...]	D
According to Rock Hudson, producer and director George Stevens did most of his direction of the [...]	D
L.Q. Jones and Strother Martin were considered for the role of Pinky Smythe. Both actors were f [...]	D
At one point, James Dean was said to have ruined an outdoor scene by yelling "Cut!" and then un [...]	D
Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Sydney Chaplin, Richard Basehart, JosÃ© Ferre [...]	D
Interesting note is that Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who played Leslie, was a year younger than Carr [...]	D
Gloria Grahame was up for the roles of Leslie, Luz Benedict II, and Vashti Snythe.	D
After the sudden death of James Dean during filming, Dame Elizabeth Taylor was excused from the [...]	D
While in Marfa, Texas, Rock Hudson learned how to ride a horse from a local rodeo champion and [...]	D
James Dean's rebellious behavior started with the press luncheon announcing the start of produc [...]	D
James Dean hadn't recuperated from making Rebel Without a Cause (1955) before beginning on this [...]	D
Ãngel ObregÃ³n II was some years older than Jordan Benedict III 'Jordy', but actually Denn [...]	D
When the big house is viewed from a distance, it might well have helped inspire the Addams Fami [...]	D
For the scenes where Rock Hudson had to play Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. as an older man, he ha [...]	D
George Stevens wanted to cast fading star Alan Ladd, who he'd cast in Il cavaliere della valle [...]	D
George Stevens shot 875,000 feet of film.	D
Vera Miles and Natalie Wood were considered for Lacey Lynnton. Fran Bennett tried out for the r [...]	D
Rock Hudson, who roomed briefly with James Dean and co-star Chill Wills during filming, shared [...]	D
Robert Francis, John Kerr, Jack Lemmon, Kevin McCarthy, and Leonard Nimoy were considered for J [...]	D
The famous final scene in which Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. battles it out with the racist owne [...]	D
Richard Burton was interested in the role of Jett Rink.	D
Elsa Cardenas, playing Juana Guerra, has a striking resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor. That might [...]	D
Except for Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, who stayed in rented houses, everybody else i [...]	D
Although they had enjoyed a congenial relationship making Un posto al sole (1951), Dame Elizabe [...]	D
This movie has been homaged in several other movies, notably Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) and [...]	D
According to Rock Hudson and Dame Elizabeth Taylor, the day after James Dean's death was announ [...]	D
The first scenes Rock Hudson shot were his reactions as an outsider at the Maryland home where [...]	D
When Rock Hudson was cast, producer and director George Stevens asked him who he preferred as h [...]	D
In the 1940s and 1950s, the usual policy for movies where characters would start young and get [...]	D
Originally budgeted just shy of $2 million, this movie ended up costing over $5 million. Despit [...]	D
John Wayne, William Holden, Forrest Tucker, Sterling Hayden, Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Errol Flyn [...]	D
Included amongst the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movie [...]	D
During this production shoot James Dean appeared in an informal black-and-white television comm [...]	D
James Dean refused to show up for one Saturday call because he had planned to move that day. A [...]	D
Carroll Baker told interviewers that at the premiere, many fans turned up thinking that James D [...]	D
Rod Taylor makes a brief appearance as Dame Elizabeth Taylor's proper British fiancee.	D
John Carradine and John McIntire were considered for Judge Oliver Whiteside.	D
Carroll Baker was 3 years older than Fran Bennett and 5 years older than Dennis Hopper, her old [...]	D
Shelley Winters tried out for the role of Vashti Snythe.	D
Dame Judith Anderson, Bette Davis, Ann Harding, Dame Angela Lansbury, Agnes Moorehead, Claire T [...]	D
With Dame Elizabeth Taylor spending time with her two co-stars, rumors flew that she was involv [...]	D
James Dean was so desperate to be in this movie that he offered to work for a minimal salary.	D
George Stevens had a hard time directing James Dean. The problem started with Stevens' ordering [...]	D
Mercedes McCambridge's Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominated performance was the on [...]	D
Rock Hudson and Dame Elizabeth Taylor remained close friends the rest of their lives, although [...]	D
Features Rock Hudson's only Oscar nominated performance.	D
When Leslie's siblings ask Bick how big his ranch is, he reluctantly answers five hundred ninet [...]	D
Three days before shooting was scheduled to start, James Dean was entered in an auto race in Pa [...]	D
James Dean finished principal photography on Friday, September 23, 1955, and died in a car cras [...]	D
One night during location shooting, Mercedes McCambridge and James Dean were so mad at producer [...]	D
James Dean tragically died eight days after the completion of this movie, in his brand new Pors [...]	D
George Stevens had the Palace, an old movie theatre that had been boarded up two years earlier, [...]	D
James Dean made friends with George Stevens' assistant Fred Guiol, which gave him an excuse to [...]	D
Off-screen, James Dean called Mercedes McCambridge "Madama", his character's nickname for her i [...]	D
Although appalled by his lack of professionalism, George Stevens was always highly complimentar [...]	D
The part of Jett Rink was envisioned by both Ferber and Stevens as a tall, powerful, and extrov [...]	D
The screenplay had only seventy pages of dialogue for a three hour and twenty-one minute movie. [...]	D
Rod Taylor was cast in one of his earliest Hollywood roles after being seen in Studio 57: The B [...]	D
Wanting to emphasize the height of the Benedict mansion, the oil wells and Rink's hotel, produc [...]	D
Earl Holliman found George Stevens so charming that "I never once had a chance to say I didn't [...]	D
Sam Peckinpah's filmography begins after the release of "Giant". His casting choices would not [...]	D
It was James Dean who suggested to producer and director George Stevens that Jett Rink's final [...]	D
Shooting in Texas during the summer was far from comfortable, with temperatures rising as high [...]	D
Production notes claimed that of the hundreds of Texans hired to play extras in this movie, ten [...]	D
On the day he completed his last scene, James Dean had a new Porsche Spyder delivered to the se [...]	D
The character of Jett Rink inspired Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on Dallas (1978) and Da [...]	D
Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, and Dub Taylor were considered for Gabe Target.	D
This movie spent an entire year in the editing suites.	D
The painting hanging in the Reata mansion is now displayed, with a plaque explaining its part i [...]	D
Rock Hudson claimed that he was chosen for the coveted role of Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. larg [...]	D
Rock Hudson said he usually didn't watch his own movies on TV, since he was often very critical [...]	D
After James Dean's death late in production, Nick Adams provided Rink's voice for a few lines. [...]	D
Gary Cooper happened to be at Warner Brothers the day Mercedes McCambridge was doing hair and m [...]	D
The massive painting seen on the set of the Benedict house is now in the Menger Hotel in San An [...]	D
In the final fist fight, note how Rock Hudson's punches are slightly louder than the diner owne [...]	D
Clark Gable was considered for the role of Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr., but was rejected as too [...]	D
Location filming took place for two months outside of the tiny Texas town of Marfa. Producer an [...]	D
The heat in Texas was so great that during one day of shooting, Mercedes McCambridge's make-up [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Fontaine, Irene Dunne, Olivia de Havilland, Deborah K [...]	D
Ava Gardner was considered for the leading role, but was unable to leave Pakistan, where she wa [...]	D
A DVD version of this movie was released in Canada, but not the U.S. - unusual for an American [...]	D
Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr.'s (Rock Hudson's) ranch estate comprised "about" five hundred ninet [...]	D
Although Dame Elizabeth Taylor always said she was not involved with either of her co-stars, du [...]	D
Dame Elizabeth Taylor and husband Michael Wilding invited Rock Hudson and his future wife to th [...]	D
James Dean objected to being kept waiting for his scenes. After being called to the set three d [...]	D
Morris Ankrum, Ralph Bellamy, Charles Bickford, Ward Bond, Walter Brennan, Johnny Mack Brown, A [...]	D
Dawn Addams, Carroll Baker, Joanne Dru, Martha Hyer, Piper Laurie, Elizabeth Montgomery, Inger [...]	D
The "Neiman's" in Dallas mentioned is Neiman-Marcus, a storied and high end department store th [...]	D
Uncredited theatrical movie debut of Barbara Barrie (Mary Lou Decker).	D
Mickey Simpson (Sarge) and Maxine Gates (Waitress at Sarge's) appeared in The Three Stooges sho [...]	D
In an interview, Rock Hudson, claimed that when he viewed this movie for the first time with an [...]	D
Included amongst the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
This was the highest grossing movie in Warner Brothers' history until the release of L'esorcist [...]	D
Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. and Reata Ranch were based on Robert "Bob" J. Kleberg, Jr. (1896-19 [...]	D
When the production moved to Marfa, Texas, on June 6 for location filming, the Victorian mansio [...]	D
Dame Elizabeth Taylor was said to be so upset the day after James Dean was killed that she was [...]	D
Producer and director George Stevens cast Rock Hudson after seeing him as a gunfighter who ages [...]	D
Charles Bronson, Richard Davalos, James Best, Claude Jarman, Jr., Jack Lord, Fess Parker, Russ [...]	D
The start date of this movie was delayed a few months so that Dame Elizabeth Taylor could give [...]	D
A poster of James Dean as the young Jett featured prominently in the Rec Room of Wentworth Dete [...]	D
Orson Welles was inspired by this movie to make L'altra faccia del vento (2018), one of his man [...]	D
Final theatrical movie of Ray Whitley (Watts).	D
James Dean was so completely immersed in his character that he hardly ever changed out of his c [...]	D
Production designer Boris Leven's design for the living room at the Benedict ranch house "Reata [...]	D
George Stevens considered casting Audrey Hepburn as Leslie, before deciding that she was too so [...]	D
One day when some of the local residents were watching some of the day's location filming, Jame [...]	D
Although Dennis Hopper played the son of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, in real life, he was only four years [...]	D
James Dean and producer and director George Stevens constantly clashed with each other during filmin [...]	D

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Errori

The flags in the Benedict house are displayed backwards. The U.S. flag should be on its own right ( [...]	D
One of the oil men says the oil tax exemption is the best thing to happen to Texas since the defeat [...]	D
When Jordan forces his son to ride his horse with him at a gallop, the child dummy is clearly slipp [...]	D
When Bick and Leslie first arrive in Texas by train, they disembark into a major dust storm. In the [...]	D
The name Luz is pronounced as English speakers say "loose." The Texans would have learned Spanish a [...]	D
At about 1:17:15, when Leslie has dropped the first hint to Bick that she's pregnant, the creak of [...]	D
The newspaper announcing Angel Obregon's homecoming has an article headlined "Full-Paid Taxes Recor [...]	D
In the scene where Leslie faints at the barbecue, long shots show Luz standing at a table with no o [...]	D
A group of Texas landowners talk about Geronimo as chief of the Comanche. Geronimo was an Apache, n [...]	D
When little Jordan is crying because he is afraid to ride the pony, there is a large Texas flag han [...]	D
Juana Villalobos Benedict, Jordan III's wife, is obviously holding a doll meant to be a real child [...]	D
When Leslie and her children return to Maryland for Thanksgiving, they are greeted by a green midsu [...]	D
The newspaper shown announcing Angel Obregon's return has an article about Alfred Chester Beatty gi [...]	D
At the pool party, the square dancers' moves do not match the caller's instructions.	D
Near the end, Bick knocks over a shelf of wine bottles, causing a cascade of shelves knocking the n [...]	D
The oil wells seen in the background of live-action shots, such as at the railroad depot, are clear [...]	D
The U.S. flag on the casket at the train platform is displayed incorrectly, with the field of stars [...]	D
The large display of flags in the lobby of the home has the American flag in the wrong position. It [...]	D
In the Jett Rink Airport opening day parade, there are riders on horseback carrying an American fla [...]	D
At the end of the parade, just about to enter the Benedict limo, Leslie answers Bick's question abo [...]	D
When Uncle Bawley makes his "99% beef" joke, he is shown in the long shot holding his drink in one [...]	D
Shortly after Leslie prepares breakfast for the first time in the ranch, surprising Luz, and as Bic [...]	D
During the confrontation between Bick and Jett in the hotel banquet hall stockroom, Bick throws a " [...]	D
When Jordy introduces his new wife Juana at the pool party, the people behind Bick and Leslie are s [...]	D
Near the end, when Jett and Luz are in the bar together, the amount of liquor and ice in Jett's gla [...]	D
The opening sequence shows Bick arriving in Ardmore, MD on a Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) passenger tr [...]	D
After Bick takes his crying toddler son for a short ride and Leslie is helping their son off the ho [...]	D
When Luz II puts in her request for a private phone, the position of her right arm changes between [...]	D
At the dinner table in Maryland, Jordan Benedict states that his ranch is 595,000 acres. Later on L [...]	D
When Jett is talking to the oil executives about "cracking Benedict", he is seen from behind with a [...]	D

Frase

Leslie Benedict: I said I was sorry about the na [...]	D
Leslie Benedict: Money isn't everything, Jett. [...]	D
Uncle Bawley: Bick, you shoulda shot that fella [...]	D
Bick Benedict: Just remember, one of these days, [...]	D
Jett Rink: Everybody thought I had a duster. Y'a [...]	D
Adarene Clinch: Why, Luz, everybody in this coun [...]	D
Jett Rink: I don't know what it might just be a [...]	D
Luz Benedict: [Mounted on War Winds] Suppose you [...]	D
Bick Benedict: You all think that the glory happ [...]	D
Jordan Benedict III: [to Jett Rink] You insulted [...]	D
[first lines] Dr. Horace Lynnton: [they pull up [...]	D
[last lines] Jordan 'Bick' Benedict: You want t [...]	D
Jett Rink: You sure do look pretty, Miss Leslie. [...]	D
Bick Benedict: Leslie... don't behave like that. [...]	D

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