Editing Giant (1956 film) (section)

==Release==
''Giant'' premiered in New York City on October 10, 1956,<ref name=Perry>{{cite book|last=Perry|first=George|title=James Dean|year=2011|publisher=Palazzo|location=Bath, U.K.|isbn=978-095-649-427-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/jamesdean0000perr/page/227 227, 233]|edition=paperback|url=https://archive.org/details/jamesdean0000perr/page/227}}</ref> with the local [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] station, [[WNYW|WABD]], televising the arrival of cast and crew, as well as other celebrities and studio chief [[Jack L. Warner]].{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}  The picture was released to nationwide distribution on November 24, 1956.<ref name=Perry/>

[[Capitol Records]], which had issued some of [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]'s music from the soundtrack (with the composer conducting the Warner Brothers studio orchestra) on an LP, later digitally remastered the tracks and issued them on CD, including two tracks conducted by [[Ray Heindorf]]. Both versions used a [[monaural]] blend of the multi-channel soundtrack recording.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

===Home media===
The film was released on DVD on June 10, 2003.<ref name="Hive"/> The DVD includes more than three hours of documentaries.<ref name="Hive">{{cite web|first=Kurt|last=Indvik|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=4692|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030504022004/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=4692|title=WHV Pays Special Edition Homage to Four Major Titles in June|website=[[hive4media.com]]|archive-date=May 4, 2003|date=April 10, 2003|access-date=September 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The out of print Blu-ray was released on November 5, 2013, as part of the James Dean Ultimate Collector's Edition set, and as an individual DigiBook release followed by a non-DigiBook Blu-ray on March 11, 2014. Those releases contained three discs including two DVDs with all the extras from the 2004 release. The full length George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey documentary is also included on one of the DVD discs. The manufacture-on-demand [[4K Ultra HD]] release of the film released on June 21, 2022, through [[Studio Distribution Services]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/turner-classic-movies-readies-giant-4k-restoration-movie-release-on-blu-ray-disc-hbo-max/|website=Media Play News|title= Turner Classic Movies Readies 'Giant' 4K Restoration Movie Release on Blu-ray Disc, HBO Max|author=Erik Gruenwedel|date=April 15, 2022|accessdate=April 23, 2022}}</ref>