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The Resource Bigger than life, Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; story and screenplay, Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Bigger than life, Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; story and screenplay, Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Label
Bigger than life
Title
Bigger than life
Statement of responsibility
Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; story and screenplay, Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on an experimental drug that begins to affect his sanity
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • Director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; editor, Louis Loeffler ; music, David Raksin
  • Director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; editor, Louis Loeffler ; music, David Raksin
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
In English with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1900-1966
  • 1911-1979
  • 1909-1984
  • 1927-
  • 1952-
  • 1911-1994
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hume, Cyril
  • Maibaum, Richard
  • Ray, Nicholas
  • Mason, James
  • Rush, Barbara
  • Matthau, Walter
  • Simon, Robert
  • Olsen, Christopher
  • Raksin, David
  • Roueché, Berton
  • Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
95
Series statement
The Criterion collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Drug addicts
  • Teachers
  • Families
  • Fathers and sons
  • Cortisone
  • Psychoses
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Bigger than life, Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; story and screenplay, Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 1956 motion picture
  • Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché
  • Special 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
550640983
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen ; Special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781604652468
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515054812
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC1876
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Bigger than life, Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; story and screenplay, Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 1956 motion picture
  • Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché
  • Special 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
550640983
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen ; Special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781604652468
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515054812
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC1876
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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