Big / 20th Century Fox ; Gracie Films ; produced by James L. Brooks, Robert Greenhut ; written by Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg ; directed by Penny Marshall.

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Josh is a 12-year-old who makes a wish from an old machine to be big. Not really believing it will work, Josh is very surprised to find himself BIG the next morning. Now he looks like a 30 years old guy, but he still behaves like a boy. He decide to go with his best friend to New York and try to fin...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Gracie Films
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Brooks, James L.
Greenhut, Robert
Ross, Gary, 1956-
Spielberg, Anne, 1949-
Marshall, Penny
Hanks, Tom
Perkins, Elizabeth, 1960-
Loggia, Robert
Heard, John, 1946-2017
Rushton, Jared, 1974-
Moscow, David, 1974-
Lovitz, Jon
Ruehl, Mercedes
Shore, Howard
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English (Dolby stereo.), French (Dolby mono.) or Spanish (Dolby mono.) dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
Edition:Extended edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Fortune-telling > Drama.
Wishes > Drama.
Adulthood > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Toy industry > Employees > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Buenaventura > Teatro.
Edad adulta > Nueva York (Estados Unidos) > Nueva York > Teatro.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Fantasy films.
Comedy > Feature.
Fantasy > Feature.
Drama.
Adulthood.
Fortune-telling.
Toy industry > Employees.
Wishes.
New York (State) > New York.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Fantasy films.
Comedy
Fantasy
Feature.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Petit bonhomme.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Josh is a 12-year-old who makes a wish from an old machine to be big. Not really believing it will work, Josh is very surprised to find himself BIG the next morning. Now he looks like a 30 years old guy, but he still behaves like a boy. He decide to go with his best friend to New York and try to find the machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a job in a toy company and develops a romantic crush on a beautiful woman. Now Josh must learn to get used to the adults world he always wanted to be part of.
Note:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features: Disc 1: Theatrical branches; "'BIG' brainstorming": an audio documentary by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg using archival audio material of the original creation of the script ; Disc 2: 10 deleted scenes with optional intro by Penny Marshall; "Backstory: 'Big'" featurette; Carnival party newswrap; Zoltar Easter egg; TV spots, 2 trailers.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CQ8 D0081180 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG; Canadian Home Video rating: G.
Awards:Golden Globes (USA), 1989: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (Tom Hanks).
Credits:Director of photography, Barry Sonnenfeld ; editor, Barry Malkin ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; production designer, Santo Loquasto.
System Details:DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono.
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl.