The Big Country

(DVD - 2001)
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A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship.

Alternate Title: Big country (Motion picture)
Additional Contributors: Simmons, Jean; Webb, James R.; Ives, Burl; Hamilton, Donald; Wyler, William; Wilder, Robert; Baker, Carroll; Bartlett, Sy; West, Jessamyn; Bickford, Charles; Wyler, Robert; Heston, Charlton; Peck, Gregory
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA - MGM Home Entertainment
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ISBN: 079284923x
Language: English and French
Awards & Distinctions: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Ives), 1959
Credits: Director of photography, Franz F. Planer ; music, Jerome Moross ; supervising editor, Robert Swink.
Performers: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya.
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Not rated by MPAA
Notes: DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1); Dolby digital mono
"From the novel by Donald Hamilton."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958
Includes the original theatrical trailer
English or French language soundtrack with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
Statement of responsibility: Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists presents William Wyler's production ; screenplay by James R. Webb & Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder ; adaptation by Jessamyn West & Robert Wyler ; produced by William Wyler & Gregory Peck ; directed by William Wyler
Physical description: 1 videodisc (167 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other author misc: [Wyler, William, 1902-1981, Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003, Webb, James R, Bartlett, Sy, 1903-1978, Wilder, Robert, 1901-1974, West, Jessamyn, Wyler, Robert, 1900-1971, Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010, Baker, Carroll, 1931-, Heston, Charlton, Ives, Burl, 1909-1995, Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967, Hamilton, Donald, 1916-2006. Big country, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists Corporation, MGM Home Entertainment Inc]
Call number: DVD 792.9 B
Topical term: [Ranching, Man-woman relationships, Ship captains, Vendetta]
Series: Western legends
Publisher number: 1001591
Publisher source: MGM Home Entertainment
Other standard identifier: 027616859013
Other series: Western legends
Other language: English or French language soundtrack with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
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