Big Country

UPC: 027616859013

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: In The Big Country Gregory Peck plays a seafaring man who heads west to marry Carroll Baker, the daughter of rancher Charles Bickford. Bickford is currently embroiled in a water-rights feud with covetous Burl Ives, so both he and his daughter are hoping that Peck can take care of himself. But Peck, who doesn't belief in fisticuffs, appears to be a coward, especially when challenged by Bickford's cocksure foreman Charlton Heston. The far-from-cowardly Peck decides to distance himself from the machismo overload at the Bickford spread, settling for a romance with headstrong schoolmarm Jean Simmons, whose water-rich lands are being fought over by the two warring ranchers. When Jean is kidnapped by Ives' no-good son Chuck Connors, Peck decides to take action. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Western

Awards: Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Drama or Comedy Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Presented – null Film Presented – London Film Festival Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Original theatrical trailer
English: mono
French: mono
French and Spanish subtitles

Big Country

Format: DVD

Release Date: 03/20/2001

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, 1 USA & territories, Canada

Runtime: 167 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Logo/Main Title [3:06]
2. New Husband In Town [5:30]
3. The Hannassey Trash [8:20]
4. Courtin' Julie [3:14]
5. Pistols And Coffee [18:33]
6. Taming Old Thunder [12:26]
7. Dog-Eat-Dog Society [18:42]
8. Schoolmarm Property [13:30]
9. The Rules Of Honor [2:04]
10. Like Cattle To Water [13:42]
11. The Truth About Jim [4:41]
12. It's Over [6:31]
13. For Love Of The Dowry [8:34]
14. A War Of Old Men [11:21]
15. Gentleman's Duel [20:25]
16. The Mousetrap [6:29]

Michael Betzold

Burl Ives, better known for his singing, won an Oscar as a tyrannical land baron in this sweeping Western saga, a sprawling, nearly three-hour epic about two families feuding over water rights. It featured Gregory Peck opposite two love interests (Carroll Baker and Jean Simmons), and it had a major role for Charlton Heston as well. Even television's The Rifleman, Chuck Connors, was part of the cast. Staggering vistas and a grandiose story make this an emblematic Western, though its emotions are transparent. Some critics believed that it was an allegory about the Cold War. Veteran director William Wyler had survived the anti-Communist blacklisting of the McCarthy era and, a year later, would go on to direct Ben-Hur. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Bob Morgan  Actor 
John R. McKee  Actor 
Burt Mustin  Actor 
Gregory Peck  Producer 
Robert Wilder  Screenwriter 
Sy Bartlett  Screenwriter 
Jerome Moross  Composer (Music Score) 
James R. Webb  Screenwriter 
William Wyler  Director 
William Wyler  Producer 
Gregory Peck  Actor 
Jean Simmons  Actor 
Carroll Baker  Actor 
Charlton Heston  Actor 
Burl Ives  Actor 
Charles Bickford  Actor 
Alfonso Bedoya  Actor 
Chuck Connors  Actor 
Chuck Hayward  Actor 
Buff Brady  Actor 
Jim Burk  Actor 
Dorothy Adams  Actor 
Chuck Roberson  Actor 

Country: USA