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Title The big country [(DVD) videorecording] / United Artists ; produced by William Wyler & Gregory Peck ; directed by William Wyler ; screenplay by James R. Webb & Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder ; adaptation by Jessamyn West & Robert Wyler from the novel by Donald Hamilton.

Edition Widescreen edition.
Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, Inc., [2001]
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Description 1 videodisc (DVD)(167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Western legends.
Audience MWT rating: NR.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Widescreen version.
Dolby digital.
Includes the original theatrical trailer.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Credits Director of photography, Franz F. Planer ; music, Jerome Moross.
Cast Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya.
Summary 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.
System Details DVD format.
Language In English or French with optional French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed captioned.
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Ives), 1959.
Subject Feature films -- Videodiscs.
Western films -- Videodiscs.
Ranching -- West (U.S.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
DVDs.
Local Subject ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1958.
Genre Western.
Added Author Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003.
Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010.
Baker, Carroll, 1931-
Heston, Charlton.
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995.
Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967.
Wyler, William, 1902-1981.
Hamilton, Donald, 1916-2006.
ISBN 079284923X
Music No. 1001591 MGM Home Entertainment
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