Main Cast: Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew McConaughey, Keith David, Linda Fiorentino, Pat Hingle, Tai
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
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
Bo Johnson - Art Director, Gail Levin - Casting, Tricia Tomey - Casting, Jane Robinson - Costume Designer, Gregory Kent Simmons - First Assistant Director, Howard Franklin - Director, Ernie F. Orsatti - Second Unit Director, Sid Levin - Editor, Sue Baden-Powell - Executive Producer, Wolfgang Glattes - Executive Producer, Guy East - Executive Producer, Miles Goodman - Songwriter, Marcia Hinds-Johnson - Production Designer, Elliot Davis - Cinematographer, Pen Densham - Producer, Richard Barton Lewis - Producer, John K. Watson - Producer, John H.M. Berger - Set Designer, John M. Dwyer - Set Designer, Thomas D. Causey - Sound/Sound Designer, Roy Blount, Jr. - Screenwriter, Pen Densham - Screenwriter, Garry Williams - Screenwriter
Unfolding new power for pop punk style by sustaining a surpassing melody ground on their themes, Larger Than Life also portray the best-of punk rock harshness, endured by pushy guitar strains and resourceful lyrics. Consisting of Jon Lowe (vocals), Devin Schlichting (guitar), Roland Ware (guitar), Chuck D (bass), and drummer Anthony Mendeola, the San Diego crew began its operations when Schlichting and Mendeola first met. After releasing their debut record, the EP The Easy Way Out, in 1999, the band started to have a considerable following, specially due to their exciting live shows. In 2001 Larger Than Life delivered their second disc, the EP If Tomorrow Never Came. ~ Mario Mesquita Borges, All Music Guide
