The screenplay for director Sam Wood""s melodramatic film, made at MGM""s British studio, was based upon James Hilton""s short novel of the same name, first published in theBritish Weeklyand hen inThe Atlantic Monthly(April 1934 issue).With the tagline: "Every generation has a story."This was the secondStar Warsfilm to be released in IMAX, and the first to be released in IMAX 3D.Every other live-actionStar Warsfilm was released in May, except for this one, released in December.Nominated for five Academy Awards (with no wins): Best Film Editing, Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects.However, except for he opening scene shot in Florida, the entire film was produced on a Warner Bros.set.The footage of the hurricane was taken from stock footage from the Warner Bros.melodramaNight Unto Night (1949)starring Ronald Reagan.Edward G.Robinson (in a trademark, resurrected role and in his last major appearance as an iconic mobster) starred in his John Huston crime-drama as Prohibition-era mobster Johnny Rocco -- a character modeled on real-life gangsters Charles ""Lucky"" Luciano and Al Capone.There were also many visual similarities betweenGiantand Terrence Malick’sDays of Heaven (1978).Undoubtedly, he film inspired the long-running prime-time TV soap operaDallas(the CBS-TV series aired from 1978-1991), and its spin-offDynasty(the ABC-TV series aired from 1981-1989), that briefly featured Rock Hudson.To evade one lethal missile, Obi-Wan jettisoned spare part canisters into the path of the missile and it exploded.