Favorite (Bill Murray) Scene Friday! Larger Than Life: The Magic Button

I can't really say that Larger Than Life – a film about Bill Murray and an elephant travelling cross country – is a bad film, because I honestly don't remember disliking it. But I was about 11 the only time I saw it, so what the hell did I know? Its Rotten Tomatoes score is also 11, so we'll just have to go ahead and say that it's not one of Murray's greatest achievements. I'll have plenty of other chances to post scenes from stellar Murray movies when it's not his month here on the blog, though.

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As I mentioned, I don't remember much about the film, but I do recall today's scene, and it made enough of an impression on me to stick in my mind all these years later.

In this scene, we meet up with Bill's character – motivational speaker Jack Corcoran – after he's inherited an elephant from his deceased father and decided to transport it across the U.S. Jack's rented a truck to transport the pachyderm, but he doesn't know how to drive it. Most of Murray's performance in this clip leaves a little something to be desired, but when he hits the magic button trying to adjust his seat – comedy gold. I'd like to have Bill's frightened screams as a ringtone.

 

Nice Rental Truck
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Murray's deadpan expression at the end of the clip is great too. What are those, almond M&Ms? Delicious.