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DVD

1 of 1 Copy Available

  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
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Bigger than life

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Special ed. ; Widescreen version.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to a painkiller he is prescribed for a health problem.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Bonus features: audio commentary featuring critic Geoff Andrew; "Profile of Nicholas Ray" television interview; video appreciation of "Bigger than life" with author Jonathan Lethem; video interview with Susan Ray, the director's widow, theatrical trailer.

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