Bigger than life
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966.
Maibaum, Richard, 1909-1991.
Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979.
Mason, James, 1909-1984.
Rush, Barbara, 1927-2024
Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, ©2010.
Format
DVD
Edition
Special ed.
ISBN
9781604652468, 1604652462
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, ©2010.
Edition
Special ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9781604652468, 1604652462
UPC
715515054812

Notes

General Note
Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
General Note
Bonus features: audio commentary by Geoff Andrew, "Profile of Nicholas Ray", new video appreciation of "Bigger than life" by Jonathan Lethem, new video interview with Susan Ray, theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; music, David Raksin ; editor, Louis Loeffler.
Participants/Performers
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen.
Description
A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to a painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem.
Description
Home use only.
Target Audience
PG.
System Details
DVD, NTSC ; Dolby digital mono ; widescreen presentation (2.55:1 aspect ratio) ; region 1 encoding.
Language
Closed-captioned.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Cortisone -- Fiction.
Drug addicts -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- United States -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Fiction.
Feature films.
Teachers -- United States -- Fiction.
Teenage boys -- United States -- Conduct of life -- Fiction.
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OCLC Fast Subjects
Cortisone.
Drug addicts.
Families.
Fathers and sons.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fiction.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Teachers.
Teenage boys -- Conduct of life.
United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Videodiscs.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hume, C., Maibaum, R., Ray, N., Mason, J., Rush, B., Matthau, W., Simon, R., Olsen, C., Raksin, D., & Roueché, B. (2010). Bigger than life (Special ed.). 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 Special ed., Criterion Collection, 2010.

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