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Bigger than Life (1956)
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One of those legendary 1950s melodramas, this was treated as a routine release in America and Britain, but hailed as a major work of art by the French (notably Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut) because it is “un film de Nicholas Ray”, the director of Rebel without a Cause and They Live by Night. It stars James Mason, in one of his best roles, as a mild-mannered teacher whose career and marriage are wrecked by his addiction to cortisone, which turns him into a megalomaniac monster. Made in CinemaScope and famous for its dramatic colour scheme (New York cabs are at their yellowest), it is a real humdinger. And it features Walter Matthau, too. AT
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Running time
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91mins
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Psychological Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum, from the article Ten Feet Tall by Berton Roueche
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Theatrical distributor
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BFI
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UK cinema certificate
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12A
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UK cinema release date
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November 2003
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