Bigger than life
(DVD)
Contributors
Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966, screenwriter.
Maibaum, Richard screenwriter.
MacDonald, Joe, 1906-1968, cinematographer.
Mason, James, 1909-1984, film producer,
Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979, film director.
Maibaum, Richard screenwriter.
MacDonald, Joe, 1906-1968, cinematographer.
Mason, James, 1909-1984, film producer,
Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979, film director.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray | DVD DRAMA BIGGE | Checked Out | April 24, 2024 |
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray | DVD DRAMA BIGGE | Checked Out | April 8, 2024 |
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
UPC
715515054812
Notes
General Note
Based on an article entitled "Ten Feet Tall" in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
General Note
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
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.
Participants/Performers
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Kipp Hamilton.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.55:1) presentation enhanced for (16:9) televisions; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Children of drug addicts -- Drama.
Cortisone -- Drama.
Cortisone -- Side effects -- Drama.
Drug addiction -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
Drug addicts -- United States -- Drama.
Drug addicts' spouses -- Drama.
Drugs -- Side effects -- Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- Drama.
Families -- United States -- Drama.
Fathers and sons -- Drama.
Male elementary school teachers -- Drug use -- Drama.
Medication abuse -- Drama.
Roueché, Berton, -- 1911-1994 -- Film adaptations.
Suburban life -- Drama.
Teachers -- United States -- Drama.
Terminally ill -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Cortisone -- Drama.
Cortisone -- Side effects -- Drama.
Drug addiction -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
Drug addicts -- United States -- Drama.
Drug addicts' spouses -- Drama.
Drugs -- Side effects -- Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- Drama.
Families -- United States -- Drama.
Fathers and sons -- Drama.
Male elementary school teachers -- Drug use -- Drama.
Medication abuse -- Drama.
Roueché, Berton, -- 1911-1994 -- Film adaptations.
Suburban life -- Drama.
Teachers -- United States -- Drama.
Terminally ill -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hume, C., Maibaum, R., MacDonald, J., Mason, J., Ray, N., Rush, B., Matthau, W., Simon, R., Olsen, C., Winters, R., Lane, R., Stephens, R., Hamilton, K., Raksin, D., Newman, L., Wheeler, L., Smith, J. M., Scott, W. M., Reiss, S., Loeffler, L. R., Le Maire, C., Wills, M., Powell, E. B., Roueché, B., Andrew, G., Lethem, J., & Ray, S. (2010). Bigger than life (Widescreen edition.). Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cyril Hume et al.. 2010. Bigger Than Life. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cyril Hume et al.. Bigger Than Life Criterion Collection, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hume, Cyril, et al. Bigger Than Life Widescreen edition., Criterion Collection, 2010.
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