- Larger Than Life (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Larger Than Life
imdb_id = 0116823
producer = Pen Densham
Richard Barton Lewis
John Watson
Sue Baden-Powell (executive)
Guy East (executive)
Wolfgang Glattes (executive)
director =Howard Franklin
writer =Pen Densham (writer)
Garry Williams (story)
Roy Blount Jr. (screenplay)
starring =Bill Murray Jeremy Piven Janeane Garofalo Pat Hingle Linda Fiorentino Matthew McConaughey Tai
cinematography = Elliot Davis
editing = Sidney Levin
distributor =MGM
released =November 1 ,1996
runtime = 92 min.
language = English
budget = N/A"Larger Than Life" is a 1996 comedy film staring
Bill Murray .Plot
Jack Corcoran is a
motivational speaker for the masses in mini-malls and rented halls across the country. Jack's advice is: if life isn't all that you expected, put aside all those wouldas, couldas and shouldas and Get over it! Jack's dad (a father he never knew) was a circus clown and just passed on, leaving his son a hefty inheritance: his 8,000 pound trained circuselephant (Tai) named Vera (after Jack's mother), who comes complete with a trunkful of debts. In order to pay off his debts, Jack decides to sell Vera. The bulk of the movie plays on the problem of traveling 2,000 miles in five days with the 8,000 pound elephant. It's a predicament that is "Larger Than Life."Box Office
Domestic: $8,314,392
Miscellanea
This movie, in late July
1995 , shot at the Con Agra Flour Mill at 2201 East 7th Street in Oakland, California.Other location shots include: San Jose International Airport. in San Jose, California and also Lake Tahoe, California.Granite City,Illinois,USADenver,Colorado,USAMoab,Utah,USALos Angeles,California,USAAlso Known As:
Elephant Man 2
Large As Life
Nickle And Dime
Tagline: He's got 5 days to go coast-to-coast. (There's just one BIG problem.)
MPAA Rating: PG
External links
*imdb title|id=0116823|title=Larger Than Life
*rotten-tomatoes|id=larger_than_life|title=Larger Than Life
*mojo title|id=largerthanlife|title=Larger Than Life
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