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The Resource Bigger than life, Twentieth Century Fox presents a Cinemascope picture ; story and screenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray, (videorecording)

Bigger than life, Twentieth Century Fox presents a Cinemascope picture ; story and screenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray, (videorecording)

Label
Bigger than life
Title
Bigger than life
Statement of responsibility
Twentieth Century Fox presents a Cinemascope picture ; story and screenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to a painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; music, David Raksin ; editor, Louis Loeffler
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B54 2010
PerformerNote
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Kipp Hamilton
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1911-1979
  • 1909-1984
  • 1900-1966
  • 1927-
  • 1911-1994
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Ray, Nicholas
  • Mason, James
  • Hume, Cyril
  • Maibaum, Richard
  • Rush, Barbara
  • Matthau, Walter
  • Simon, Robert
  • Roueché, Berton
  • Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
95
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
507
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Roueché, Berton
  • Drug addicts
  • Drug addiction
  • Male elementary school teachers
  • Drug addicts' spouses
  • Children of drug addicts
  • Dysfunctional families
  • Fathers and sons
  • Medication abuse
  • Cortisone
  • Suburban life
Technique
live action
Label
Bigger than life, Twentieth Century Fox presents a Cinemascope picture ; story and screenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché."
  • Blu-ray disc release of the 1956 motion picture
  • Bonus features include audio commentary, television interview with the director, video interview with the widow of the director, an essay by film writer B. Kite, and more
Bar code
  • 31223131791437
  • 31223131791403
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781604652451
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515054713
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
  • ICRCC1875
  • CC1875BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)554935943
System details
Blu-ray Disc; all regions; aspect ratio 2.55:1; widescreen; mono.; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Bigger than life, Twentieth Century Fox presents a Cinemascope picture ; story and screenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by James Mason ; directed by Nicholas Ray, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • "Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché."
  • Blu-ray disc release of the 1956 motion picture
  • Bonus features include audio commentary, television interview with the director, video interview with the widow of the director, an essay by film writer B. Kite, and more
Bar code
  • 31223131791437
  • 31223131791403
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781604652451
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515054713
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
  • ICRCC1875
  • CC1875BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)554935943
System details
Blu-ray Disc; all regions; aspect ratio 2.55:1; widescreen; mono.; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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