The Big Country

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Western film epic film film

The Big Country is a 1958 American Western epic film, directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, known for its sweeping Cinemascope landscapes and exploration of pride, honor, and frontier justice.

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Label Occurrences
The Big Country canonical 11
The Big Country (1958 film) 7
The Big Country (novelization) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film ⓘ
epic film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Donald Hamilton ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Burl Ives ⓘ
basedOn Ambush at Blanco Canyon (serialized story) ⓘ
Western novel The Big Country ⓘ
surface form: The Big Country (novel)
cinematographyBy Franz Planer ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director William Wyler ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Fredric Steinkamp ⓘ
Robert Swink ⓘ
William Hornbeck ⓘ
filmFormat CinemaScope ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasFilmRating Not Rated (original U.S. release) ⓘ
hasNotableFeature sweeping landscape cinematography ⓘ
mainCharacter James McKay ⓘ
musicBy Jerome Moross ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Gregory Peck ⓘ
producer Gregory Peck ⓘ
Michael Wilson ⓘ
William Wyler ⓘ
surface form: Robert Wyler

William Wyler ⓘ
productionCompany United Artists ⓘ
releaseDate 1958-09-30 ⓘ
releaseYear 1958 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 165 ⓘ
screenwriter James R. Webb ⓘ
Robert Wilder ⓘ
Sy Bartlett ⓘ
setInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
settingLocation Old West ⓘ
surface form: American West
starring Alfonso Bedoya ⓘ
Burl Ives ⓘ
Carroll Baker ⓘ
Charles Bickford ⓘ
Charlton Heston ⓘ
Chuck Connors ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ
Jean Simmons ⓘ
theme frontier justice ⓘ
honor ⓘ
pride ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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Gregory Peck → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
William Wyler → directed → The Big Country ⓘ
Robert Paul Smith → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Country (novelization)
Charles Bickford → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
Iron Eyes Cody → filmAppearance → The Big Country ⓘ
Western novel The Big Country → hasAdaptation → The Big Country ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Country
this entity surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)
Western novel The Big Country → basedOn → The Big Country ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)
Jean Simmons → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
Ambush at Blanco Canyon (serialized story) → adaptedInto → The Big Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)
Ambush at Blanco Canyon (serialized story) → isSourceMaterialFor → The Big Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)
Burl Ives → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)
Burl Ives → awardReceivedFor → The Big Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)
Jerome Moross → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
James R. Webb → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
James McKay → appearsIn → The Big Country ⓘ
James McKay → basedInWork → The Big Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)
Carroll Baker → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
Movita Castaneda → notableWork → The Big Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Country (1958 film)