Bigger Than Life

3/23/20101h 35m

Physical Release (US)

~ The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell! ~

Overview:

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

Director:

Nicholas Ray

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

husband wife relationship
paranoia
drug addiction
hallucination
family relationships
hospital
drugs
mental illness
schoolteacher
cortisone
verbal abuse
family life
father son relationship
personality change
mood swing

Cast

James Mason

~ as ~

Ed Avery

Barbara Rush

~ as ~

Lou Avery

Walter Matthau

~ as ~

Wally Gibbs

Robert F. Simon

~ as ~

Dr. Norton

Christopher Olsen

~ as ~

Richie Avery

Roland Winters

~ as ~

Dr. Ruric

Rusty Lane

~ as ~

Bob LaPorte

Rachel Stephens

~ as ~

Nurse

Kipp Hamilton

~ as ~

Pat Wade

Betty Caulfield

~ as ~

Mrs. LaPorte (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

G
Godaray
Written 12 year(s) ago
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The movie deals with serious topics pertaining to life and drug abuse. Ed Avery (James Mason) has a serious condition which can only be controlled with cortisone, a still experimental drug leaving consequences in the human psyche. In the movie, Ed is describes as an intelligent, vibrant and happy man. He lives a mediocre, but happy life, he has financial problems just like any other man, and in the start of the movie we can see how much he loves his family, and would do anything for his wifes and sons safety. Then, he becomes addicted to cortisone, and almost everything changes, it leaves a scar which changes their quality of life. As any other addictive prescription drug, he becomes obsessed with having to take it. He even impersonates a doctor in order to get it, his son and wife are deeply affected by his actions, and his son, who has almost gone out of his mind looking at his father grow more and more depressed and vulnerable tries to steal his pills, Ed catches him in the act and leaves his child in the room so that he could contemplate about the level of his punishment, he is then affected with the Bible, exactly , the passage with Abraham and his son Isaac. He gets it into his head that, to make things right he needs to murdor his son, and than his wife and himself, of course, he is stopped in the act and the movie ends happily with him getting back to normal and his happy family life.