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    Bigger Than Life (1956)

    Bigger Than Life (1956)

    Presented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre

    November 26-November 27, 2011

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    As the fall turns to winter, we bring the films of the great director and Wisconsin native Nicholas Ray (1911-1979) with a particular focus on his work in the 1950s, his most productive decade. Fearlessly crossing genres from picture to picture, Ray’s work of this period expressed a common theme of humankind’s malcontent with his surroundings (particularly that of teenagers) emboldened by expressionist photography and often a tumultuous rise to a crashing resolve. A maverick long before the cheapening of the word, Nicolas Ray’s defiant (some say narcissistic) work ethic often pitted him against his studio heads yet produced some of the most electric work of the time.

     BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)

    When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father (James Mason, in one of his most indelible roles) is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot. This Eisenhower-era throat-grabber, shot in expressive CinemaScope, is an excoriating take on the nuclear family. That it came in the day of Father Knows Best makes it all the more shocking—and wildly entertaining. 1956, NR, 95min, 35mm

     


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        Belcourt Theatre

        2102 Belcourt Avenue
        Nashville, TN 37212

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        Tickets:

        Adult - $8.75
        Adult Matinee - $7.25


        Student - $7.25
        Student Matinee - $6.75


        Military - $7.25
        Military Matinee - $6.75


        Senior - $6.25
        Child - $7.25

        Info Phone: (615) 383-9140

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        November 26-November 27, 2011

        Times:

        Saturday 12:00pm


        Sunday 7:00pm

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