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Bigger Than Life/bd
Criterion Collection
Bigger Than Life/bd
Criterion Collection
Though ignored at the time of it's 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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Media | Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | March 23, 2010 |
EAN/UPC | 0715515054713 |
Label | Criterion CCIN1875BR |
Genre | Drama |
Dimensions | 135 × 168 × 14 mm · 121 g |
Playtime | 01:35:00 |
Region code | Region 1 (Canada og USA) |
Language | English |
Subtitles | English |
Director | Nicholas Ray |
Skuespiller | James Mason |
Skuespiller | Barbara Rush |
Skuespiller | Walter Matthau |
Skuespiller | Robert F. Simon |
Skuespiller | Christopher Olsen |
Skuespiller | Roland Winters |
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