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Bigger than life Cover Image DVD DVD

Bigger than life

Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966 (Screenwriter). Maibaum, Richard. (Screenwriter). MacDonald, Joe, 1906-1968 (Cinematographer). Mason, James, 1909-1984 (Producer, Actor). Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979 (Director). Rush, Barbara, 1927- (Actor). Matthau, Walter. (Actor). Simon, Robert (Robert F.) (Actor). Olsen, Christopher, 1946- (Actor). Winters, Roland, 1904-1989 (Actor). Lane, Rusty, 1899-1986 (Actor). Stephens, Rachel. (Actor). Hamilton, Kipp. (Actor). Raksin, David. (Composer). Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989 (Conductor). Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990 (Artistic director). Smith, Jack Martin. (Artistic director). Scott, Walter M. (Set designer). Reiss, Stuart. (Set designer). Loeffler, Louis R., 1897-1972 (Film editor). Le Maire, Charles. (Costume designer). Wills, Mary. (Costume designer). Powell, Edward B. (Arranger). Roueché, Berton, 1911-1994 (Author). Andrew, Geoff, 1954- (Commentator). Lethem, Jonathan. (Interviewee). Ray, Susan. (Interviewee). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Kipp Hamilton. (Cast).

Summary: When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot.

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  • ISBN: 9781604652468
  • ISBN: 1604652462
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (22 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
  • Edition: Special ed., widescreen.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2010.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Bonus features: Audio commentary by Geoff Andrew; "Profile of Nicholas Ray" a half-hour interview with the director; Interview with Jonathan Lethem featurette; Interview with Susan Ray featurette; Theatrical trailer; Booklet. "Somewhere in suburbia" essay by B. Kite.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, David Raksin ; conducted by Lionel Newman ; art direction, Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss ; film editor, Louis Loeffler ; executive wardrobe designer, Charles LeMaire ; costumes designed by Mary Wills ; orchestration, Edward B. Powell.
Participant or Performer Note: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Kipp Hamilton.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC ; widescreen (2.55:1) presentation enhanced for (16:9) televisions; Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
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