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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials, Electronic Resources

Uniform Title:

Title:

Bigger than life / Twentieth Century-Fox presents a Cinemascope picture ; story and screenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray.

Edition:

Special ed., widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

optical

NTSC

video file

Region 1

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. "This Eisenhower-era throat-grabber, shot in expressive CinemaScope, is an excoriating take on the nuclear family. That it came in the day of Father Knows Best makes it all the more shocking -- and wildly entertaining."--Jacket

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 507

Criterion collection ; 507.

Subjects:

Roueché, Berton, 1911-1994 -- Film adaptations.

Drugs -- Side effects -- Drama.

Drug addicts -- United States -- Drama.

Drug addiction -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.

Male elementary school teachers -- Drug use -- Drama.

Teachers -- United States -- Drama.

Terminally ill -- Drama.

Drug addicts' spouses -- Drama.

Children of drug addicts -- Drama.

Dysfunctional families -- Drama.

Families -- United States -- Drama.

Fathers and sons -- Drama.

Medication abuse -- Drama.

Cortisone -- Side effects -- Drama.

Cortisone -- Drama.

Suburban life -- Drama.

Genre:

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Fiction films.

Other Author:

Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966, screenwriter.

Maibaum, Richard, screenwriter.

MacDonald, Joe, 1906-1968, cinematographer.

Mason, James, 1909-1984, film producer, actor.

Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979, film director.

Rush, Barbara, 1927-2024 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, art designer.

Smith, Jack Martin, art designer.

Scott, Walter M.

Reiss, Stuart.

Loeffler, Louis R., 1897-1972, film editor.

Le Maire, Charles, costume designer.

Wills, Mary, costume designer.

Powell, Edward B., arranger.

Andrew, Geoff, 1954- commentator.

Lethem, Jonathan, interviewer.

Ray, Susan, 1951- interviewee.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Roueché, Berton, 1911-1994. Ten feet tall.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Based on an article entitled "Ten Feet Tall" 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

Music, David Raksin ; conducted by Lionel Newman ; director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; 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.

James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Kipp Hamilton.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.55:1) presentation enhanced for (16:9) televisions; Dolby digital mono.

In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Contents:

Chapters: 1. Opening credits -- 2. On the side -- 3. Tensions grow -- 4. Glory days gone -- 5. Under observation -- 6. Poor prognosis -- 7. A miracle drug -- 8. Ten feet tall -- 9. Big surprises -- 10. Keyed up -- 11. Side effects -- 12. New point of view -- 13. Suspicions -- 14. Long-term dangers -- 15. Ed's program -- 16. Missing milk -- 17. Word of God -- 18. "God was wrong!" -- 19. Staircase showdown -- 20. The brighter side -- 21. Color bars.

ISBN:

9781604652468

1604652462

9786313425587 : DVD

6313425588 : DVD

Publisher Number:

CC1876D

Other Number:

550640983

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

904679

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Bigger t