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Bigger Than Life

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UPC: 715515054812

Languages: English (Primary)

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From the liner notes

Though ignored at the time of its release, Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life is now recognized as one of the great American films of the 1950s. When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father (James Mason, in one of his most indelible roles) 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.

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DVD : $35.99

  • Availability:  Usually ships in
    5-10 days
  • Region Code:  1
  • UPC: 715515054812

    • Studio :  Criterion

  • Languages:  English (Primary)
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 2.35
  • Features:
  • Digitally remastered: New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Audio commentary: Featuring critic Geoff Andrew
  • Featurette: New video appreciation of Bigger Than Life with author Jonathan Lethem
  • Interview(s): Profile of Nicholas Ray (1977), a half-hour television interview with the director
  • Interview(s): New video interview with Susan Ray, the director’s widow and editor of the book I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies
  • Essay: by film writer B. Kite
  • Original theatrical trailer
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Blu-ray : $35.99

  • Availability:  Usually ships in
    5-10 days
  • Region Code:  1
  • UPC: 715515054713

    • Studio :  Criterion

  • Languages:  English (Primary)
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 2.35
  • Features:
  • Digitally remastered: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
  • Audio commentary: Featuring critic Geoff Andrew
  • Featurette: New video appreciation of Bigger Than Life with author Jonathan Lethem
  • Interview(s): Profile of Nicholas Ray (1977), a half-hour television interview with the director
  • Interview(s): New video interview with Susan Ray, the director’s widow and editor of the book I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies
  • Essay: by film writer B. Kite
  • Original theatrical trailer
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1956, 95 min

Country:  US

Studio :  Criterion

Cast:  James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters

Director:  Nicholas Ray

Screenwriter:  Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum

Producer:  James Mason

Original Author:  Burton Roueché