Giant

Giant or Giants may refer to:

In mythology

  • Giant (mythology)
  • Giants (Greek mythology)
  • Giants (esotericism)
  • Giants (Norse mythology)
  • Giants (Welsh folklore)
  • In arts and entertainment

    In literature and publications

  • Giant a 1952 novel by Edna Ferber
  • The Giants series, a science fiction series by James P. Hogan
  • GIANT, an urban music American magazine
  • Films

  • Giant (1956 film), a film adaptation of Ferber's novel
  • Giant (2009 film), an Uruguayan film
  • The Giants (film), a 2011 Belgium film
  • Video games

  • Giants: Citizen Kabuto, a 2000 third-person shooter game
  • Skylanders: Giants, a 2012 beat-em-up game
  • Fictional characters

  • Giant (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of fictional character in games
  • Giants (Marvel Comics), a fictional race of people based on the giants of actual Norse legends
  • The Giant (Twin Peaks), an inhabitant of The Black Lodge in the 1990s television series
  • Judge Giant, two fictional characters in the Judge Dredd comic strip
  • The Giants (1978 TV series)

    The Giants (強人) is a TVB television series, premiered on 15 May 1978. Theme song "The Giants" (強人) composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Roman Tam.


    The Giants (film)

    The Giants (French: Les géants) is a 2011 Belgian drama film directed by Bouli Lanners, written by Lanners and Elise Ancion, starring Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel, Didier Toupy, Karim Leklou, Marthe Keller and Gwen Berrou. Shot in the Ardennes in Belgium and Luxembourg, produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart and Jani Thiltges for Versus Production, it was released in Belgium on October 12, 2011.

    The Giants had its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, where it won the SACD Prize and the Art Cinema Award. It has received high praise from film critics and is considered one of the best Belgian films of that year, winning five Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

    Plot

    Abandoned at their late grandfather's house for the summer, teenage brothers Zak and Seth are left to their own devices. With the endless possibilities of summer fun and adventure to be had in the idyllic Belgian countryside, they feel the world is their oyster. But when money runs short and with no help in sight, the boys scheme to support themselves by renting their deceased grandfather's house to a local drug dealer, but things don't go exactly as planned.

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