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.

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) → The Big Country (novel) →
cinematographyBy	Franz Planer NERFINISHED →
colorProcess	Technicolor →
countryOfOrigin	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 → 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	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier → Gregory Peck →	notableWork
William Wyler →	directed