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Big is a 1988 American fantasy drama film directed by Penny Marshall. The screenplay was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, with production handled by James L. Brooks, Robert Greenhut, and Gary Ross. The cast includes Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, and John Heard. Howard Shore composed the score, while Barry Sonnenfeld served as director of photography. The film was produced by Gracie Films and distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+.
Set in New Jersey and New York City, the story centers on a body swap. The film has a runtime of 104 minutes and was released on June 3, 1988. It received a PG rating and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. The film has accumulated 11 wins and 14 nominations total.
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Film · TMDB
7.2When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin
- Elizabeth Perkins as Susan
- Robert Loggia as MacMillan
- John Heard as Paul
- Jared Rushton as Billy
- David Moscow as Young Josh
Themes
- baseball
- coming of age
- best friend
- co-workers relationship
- body-swap
- magic realism
- bronx, new york city
- nostalgic
- pinball machine
- toy maker
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
258,404 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 11 wins & 14 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Penny Marshall
- Written by
- Gary Ross Anne Spielberg
- Produced by
- James L. Brooks Robert Greenhut
- Starring
- Tom Hanks Jared Rushton Elizabeth Perkins Robert Loggia John Heard
- Cinematography
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Edited by
- Barry Malkin
- Music by
- Howard Shore
- Production company
- Gracie Films
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- June 3, 1988 ( 1988-06-03 )
- Running time
- 104 minutes (theatrical), 130 minutes (extended edition)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $151.7 million
via Wikipedia infobox