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Original title: Big Country, The
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 20, 2001
• R2: 11 Jun 2001
Running Time
2 hours, 45 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Anthony Productions, United Artists, Worldwide Productions
Studio Anthony-Worldwide, United Artists
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Other Titles
• The Big Country (1958)
• Weites Land (1959)
• Il Grande paese (1958)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Western, Epic, Kidnapping
Tagline: Big they fought! Big they loved! Big their story!
Plot: Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). He also discovers his fiancee isn't who he imagined and finds true romance with the local schoolmistress (Jean Simmons). Folk singer Burl Ives surprised audiences with his performance which garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
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William Wyler
Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives |
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Gregory Peck
To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear, Roman Holiday |
 | Jean Simmons
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Spartacus, How to Make an American Quilt |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, East of Eden, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer | | |
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