A motion picture was adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from the novel by Edna Ferber. It was directed by George Stevens. Great deal of the film was manufactured as much as & around Marfa, Texas.

It won a Academy Award for Directing and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Dean), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Rock Hudson), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mercedes McCambridge), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Costume Design, Color, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Picture and Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted.

This was James Dean's 2nd & previous Academy Award nomination, of trine starring roles. He got died prior to Giant was freed. Nick Adams was called within to launder a bit of voice-all over dubbing for Dean's role.

Trivia
A fictional character Jett Rink was depending within section of oil tycoon Glenn Herbert McCarthy (1907 - 1988). Creator Edna Ferber met by using McCarthy whenever she booked a room at a Shamrock Hotel to which the novel & film were depending. In a film, a fictitious Emperador Hotel was according to the real-life Shamrock Hotel (called the Shamrock Hilton when 1955).