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Dominican Rep. Bigger than Life
- Original title
- Bigger than Life
- Year
- 1956
- Running time
- 95 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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James Mason
Barbara Rush
Walter Matthau
Robert F. Simon
Roland Winters- Christopher Olsen
Rusty Lane- Kipp Hamilton
- Rachel Stephens
- Lovyss Bradley
- Gail Bonney
- Hal Taggart
- Lewis Charles
- Colin Kenny
Sid Melton- Grace Hayle
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Melodrama. Family Relationships. Disease/illness. Medical
- Synopsis
- James Mason plays Ed Avery, a small-town, '50s schoolteacher working two jobs and suffering debilitating illness who finds a cure - a new experimental wonder drug that seems to take away his pain and appears to free him from the constraints that have held him back. But it also tips him over the edge, turning him from a meek, accommodating figure into a monster of excess and will.
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- Awards
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1956: Venice Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Lion
- Critics' reviews
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"An extraordinarily rich study of mid-1950s malaise."
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"James Mason has picked a powerful subject for his first 20th-Fox production and delivers it with quite a bit of dramatic distinction in carrying out the supervisory duties and as the male lead."
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"It's hard to think of another Hollywood picture with more to say about the sheer awfulness of 'normal' American family life during the 50s."
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"Jean-Luc Godard ranked this among the finest US films ever made. Recommendation enough."
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