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Big (1988)
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: A 13-year-old boy named Josh wants, more than anything else, to be "big". And when he makes a wish on a carnival wishing booth his dreams come true: he transposes into the body of a 35 year old man -- though his mind and spirit remain that of a child. Since he can't really go to school looking like an... A 13-year-old boy named Josh wants, more than anything else, to be "big". And when he makes a wish on a carnival wishing booth his dreams come true: he transposes into the body of a 35 year old man -- though his mind and spirit remain that of a child. Since he can't really go to school looking like an adult, and his mother doesn't know him in his new guise, he heads to New York with his pal Billy, where they proceed to goof off, play around, and act basically like the kids they are. But when Billy leaves, Josh is subjected to the encroaching needs and responsibilities of adulthood, and he quickly discovers both the pleasures and the problems of being grown-up. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow, Robert Loggia, John Heard
Screenwriter: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
Producer: James L. Brooks, Robert Greenhut, Juliet Taylor
Composer: Howard Shore
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 5, 2007
DVD Features:
- 2-Disc Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
- Dolby Digital Mono - French, Spanish
- Subititles - Spanish - Optional
- Disc 1: BIG - Extended Version
Additional Release Material:
- Documentary - 1. BIG Brainstorming - An audio documentary by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg using archival audio material of the original creation of the script
- Theatrical Branches
Disc 2:
- Deleted Scenes - 10 Deleted Scenes With Optional Intro By Penny Marshall
- Featurette - 1. BACKSTORY: BIG
- 2. Carnival Party Newswrap
- Trailer - 2 Trailers
- TV Spots
- Fox Flix (Bachelor Party, Cast Away, The Man With One Red Shoe, That Thing You Do!)
Interactive Features:
- Zoltar Easter Egg
Reviews
This is mainstream Hollywood filmmaking at its best -- packed with intelligence, humour and pathos.
As a crowd-pleasing comedy it works. But it really could have been so much more.
As far as the movie's message is considered -- if only grown-ups could be more like kids -- Jerry Lewis did an infinitely better job of plugging it in the 50s.
Hanks so convincingly played a grown-up with a 12-year-old mind that he transformed instantly in the public eye from a run-of-the-mill comedy star to a respected actor with limitless potential.
The picture still stands proud as a comedy easy chair of sorts, but even more vividly as Tom Hanks's finest hour as an actor.
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