Bigger than life [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; story and screenplay, Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray.
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen. Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché. Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. DVD release date: Mar. 23, 2010. Bonus features: audio commentary by Geoff Andrew; "Profile of Nicholas Ray" a half-hour interview with the director; new video appreciation of "Bigger than life" with Jonathan Lethem; new video interview with Susan Ray; theatrical trailer; booklet featuring an essay by B. Kite.
Summary:
A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to an experimental painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem.
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