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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 02/04/2003 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 9 Genres: Comedy, Road Movie, Animal Picture

Bill Murray teams up with his biggest co-star to date (with the exception of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man) in this family-oriented comedy. Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) is a motivational speaker who makes his living advising others how to tie up the loose ends of their lives, but he has plenty of his own left dangling. Jack is emotionally at the mercy of his mother (Anita Gillette) and his fiancée Celeste (Maureen Mueller), while his booking agent Walter (Jeremy Piven) keeps promising him bigger and better things that don't materialize. Jack has grown up believing that his father died before he was born while trying to rescue a drowning child, but he learns that was not the case at all -- Dad spent a long career working as a circus clown, and died only a few weeks ago. However, Dad was kind enough to bequeath Jack a large stack of debts and his only tangible asset, an Indian elephant named Vera (Tia). Jack is in no position to keep a pachyderm at home, and he has two options for getting rid of the animal -- sell Vera to Terry (Linda Fiorentino), a mean spirited animal trainer, or donate her to Mo (Janeane Garofalo), a zoologist who hopes to return her to the wilds. Either way, Jack has to get Vera from the East Coast to California, and in order to make an important speaking engagement, he and the elephant have five days to cross the country. Larger Than Life also features Matthew McConaughey as an excitable truck driver; Keith David, Harve Presnell, and Pat Hingle also highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Bill Murray - Jack Corcoran
Janeane Garofalo - Mo
Matthew McConaughey - Tip Tucker
Keith David - Hurst
Linda Fiorentino - Terry Bonura
Pat Hingle - Vernon
Tai - Vera

The 1996 family film Larger Than Life comes to DVD from MGM with a standard full-frame transfer and Dolby Digital Surround Sound in English, French, and Spanish. Closed captions are accessible. Optional subtitles are available in English, Spanish, and French. The only special features are the original theatrical trailer and promos for other MGM releases. Recommended for kids who like elephants. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide