Product Information
A powerful tale, in which a sea captain travels west to marry a young woman, but instead finds himself in the middle of a bitter land dispute. Burl Ives' portrayal of the head of a violent family clan won him an Academy Award.Product Identifiers
ProducerWilliam Wyler, Gregory Peck
EAN5050070006490
eBay Product ID (ePID)3961952
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Big Country
ActorCharlton Heston, Buff Brady, Chuck Connors, Jim Burk, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Jean Simmons, Charles Bickford, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Hayward, Gregory Peck
DirectorWilliam Wyler
Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\English\French\German\Italian\Norwegian\Spanish\Swedish
Release Year2001
FeaturesOriginal Theatrical Trailer\Interactive Menu\Chapter Selection, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen\2.35 Wide Screen
Run Time95 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Director of PhotographyFranz Planer
Production DesignerFrank Hotaling
Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian
Hearing ImpairedEnglish\German
Additional InformationWyler'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.
Movie/TV TitleThe Big Country
ComposerJerome Moross
Sound sourceDolby Digital Mono
AwardsBest Actor In A Supporting Role 1959 - Burl Ives
ScreenwriterJames R. Webb, Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder, Robert Wyler
Format DescriptionDVD 9
EditorJohn Faure, Robert Belcher