Bigger than life
Title:
Bigger than life
Author:
Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966, screenwriter.
Edition:
Special edition, widescreen.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father 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.
General Note:
Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Bonus features: Audio commentary by Geoff Andrew; "Profile of Nicholas Ray" a half-hour interview with the director; Interview with Jonathan Lethem featurette; Interview with Susan Ray featurette; Theatrical trailer; Booklet. "Somewhere in suburbia" essay by B. Kite.
Language:
English
Subject Term:
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781604652468
UPC:
715515054812
Format :
DVD
