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Release Date:
9 January 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
An adventure as big as life itself.
Plot:
A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 33 nominations
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Oscars 2003: If We Picked the Winners (Best Picture 2003)
(From Obsessed with Film. 10 May 2013, 5:56 AM, PDT)
Feel Old Realizing All These Movies Came Out a Decade Ago
(From NextMovie. 22 April 2013, 2:24 PM, PDT)
Tim Burton is now directing Big Eyes with Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams
(From The AV Club. 3 April 2013, 9:40 AM, PDT)
(From Obsessed with Film. 10 May 2013, 5:56 AM, PDT)
Feel Old Realizing All These Movies Came Out a Decade Ago
(From NextMovie. 22 April 2013, 2:24 PM, PDT)
Tim Burton is now directing Big Eyes with Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams
(From The AV Club. 3 April 2013, 9:40 AM, PDT)
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Tim Burton's career equivalent of "Forrest Gump" is an ultimately rewarding adult fable with some beautiful cinematography and memorable ideas...
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Cast
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Directed by | |||
| Tim Burton | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Daniel Wallace | (novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions") | |
| John August | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Bruce Cohen | .... | producer | |
| Katterli Frauenfelder | .... | associate producer | |
| Dan Jinks | .... | producer | |
| Arne Schmidt | .... | executive producer (as Arne L. Schmidt) | |
| Richard D. Zanuck | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Danny Elfman | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Philippe Rousselot | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Chris Lebenzon | |||
Casting by | |||
| Denise Chamian | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Dennis Gassner | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Roy Barnes | |||
| Jean-Michel Ducourty | |||
| Robert Fechtman | |||
| Jack Johnson | |||
| Richard L. Johnson | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Nancy Haigh | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Colleen Atwood | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Coni Andress | .... | hair stylist | |
| Gloria Belz | .... | makeup artist | |
| Jean Ann Black | .... | makeup department head (as Jean A. Black) | |
| Sherri Bramlett | .... | hair stylist | |
| Susan Buffington | .... | hair stylist | |
| Linda De Andrea | .... | hair department head | |
| Joseph P. Hurt | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
| Sandy Jo Johnston | .... | makeup artist | |
| Herita Jones | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Linda Kamp | .... | makeup artist | |
| Emily Katz | .... | specialty makeup artist: Steve Buscemi & Loudon Wainwright | |
| Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion | .... | makeup artist | |
| Karen Lovell | .... | crowd hair coordinator | |
| Robert Maverick | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Cindy Miguens | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Dorothy J. Pearl | .... | makeup artist: Ms. Lange (as Dorothy Pearl) | |
| Donna M. Premick | .... | makeup artist | |
| Justin Raleigh | .... | special makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio | |
| John Rosengrant | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Jennifer Santiago | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Mike Smithson | .... | makeup artist | |
| Gabriel Solana | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Agnès Tassel | .... | makeup artist | |
| Linda Thompson | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Arjen Tuiten | .... | special makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio | |
| Denise Tunnell | .... | makeup artist | |
| Dawn Turner | .... | hair stylist | |
| Chris Varosky | .... | makeup artist | |
| Michelle Vittone | .... | makeup artist: Mr. McGregor (as Michelle Vittone-McNeil) | |
| Scott Wheeler | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Linda Williams | .... | hair stylist | |
| Beka Wilson | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Leigh Ann Yandle | .... | makeup artist | |
| Linda Boykin-Williams | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
| Deborah Brozovich | .... | additional hair stylist (uncredited) | |
| Mary Young Everett | .... | additional hair stylist (uncredited) | |
| Susan 'Star' Orr | .... | hair stylist (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Debra James | .... | unit production manager | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Eric Allard | .... | special effects set supervisor | |
| Robin A. Linn | .... | animation production director | |
| Lindsay MacGowan | .... | effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio | |
| Lindsay MacGowan | .... | puppeteer | |
| Shane Mahan | .... | key artist: Stan Winston Studio | |
| Shane Mahan | .... | puppeteer | |
| Keith Marbory | .... | special effects supervisor | |
| Hans Metz | .... | special effects supervisor | |
| Stan Parks | .... | special effects director | |
| Alan Scott | .... | effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio | |
| Tony Vandenecker | .... | puppeteer | |
| Tony Vandenecker | .... | special effects technician | |
| Stan Winston | .... | special effects director | |
| Gary Yee | .... | creature effects crew | |
| Gary Yee | .... | special effects makeup | |
| Evan Schiff | .... | systems administrator: Stan Winston Studio (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor | .... | visual effects producer: MPC | |
| Victoria Alonso | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Christopher Arreola | .... | lead film scanning | |
| Scott Berri | .... | production assistant: Imageworks | |
| Rob Blue | .... | digital artist: SPI | |
| Christian Boudman | .... | digital compositor | |
| Todd Boyce | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Paul Brannan | .... | data operator: MPC | |
| Paul Brannan | .... | render wrangler: MPC | |
| Andre Brizard | .... | digital artist: MPC | |
| Max Bruce | .... | digital artist | |
| Timothy Michael Cairns | .... | quality control supervisor: Efilm/Panavision | |
| James Cockerham | .... | technical animator (as Mitch Cockerham) | |
| Nicolle Cornute | .... | paint & roto lead | |
| Sean C. Cunningham | .... | digital effects artist: SPI | |
| Lisa Deaner | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Colin Drobnis | .... | visual effects technical director | |
| Michael Duhatschek | .... | modeler | |
| Dan Duran | .... | digital artist (as Daniel Walton) | |
| Travis Dutch | .... | scanning and recording | |
| Paddy Eason | .... | digital effects supervisor: MPC | |
| Michael Elson | .... | head of production: MPC | |
| Jenny Fulle | .... | visual effects executive producer | |
| Joshua Geisler-Amhowitz | .... | digital matte painter | |
| Richard Grandy | .... | digital character lead | |
| Nic Hatch | .... | digital artist: MPC | |
| Erica Hornung | .... | senior match mover: SPI | |
| Adrian Iler | .... | color and lighting | |
| Michael Kaelin | .... | paint/rotoscope artist: Sony | |
| Blaine Kennison | .... | technical director: SPI | |
| David Keslick | .... | scanning technician | |
| Tim Ketzer | .... | digital artist: MPC | |
| Tom Kimberley | .... | roto/paint artist: MPC | |
| Ryan Knowles | .... | digital film recordist | |
| Stephen Kowalski | .... | senior systems engineer | |
| Lea Lambert | .... | rotoscoper | |
| Douglas Larmour | .... | digital artist: MPC | |
| Philippa Leathers | .... | digital film recordist | |
| Kevin Lin | .... | digital cleanup artist | |
| Kevin Scott Mack | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Seth Maury | .... | computer graphics supervisor | |
| Paul McGhee | .... | digital color timer: SPI | |
| Ben Morgan | .... | digital artist: MPC | |
| Adam Moura | .... | compositor: Sony Imageworks | |
| Robert Davis Oh | .... | film recording technician | |
| Andrea Lackey Pace | .... | senior production services technician | |
| Steve Rhee | .... | visual effects editor: SPI | |
| Allen Ruilova | .... | digital effects artist: SPI | |
| John E. Sasaki | .... | digital compositor | |
| Gunther Schatz | .... | digital visual effects artist | |
| Ben Shepherd | .... | CGI supervisor: MPC | |
| Brad Simonsen | .... | digital production manager | |
| Eddie Soria | .... | visual effects digital associate coordinator | |
| Chikako Terashita | .... | senior production services technician | |
| Brian J. Terwilliger | .... | visual effects plate coordinator (as Brian Terwilliger) | |
| John Wallin | .... | digital artist: MPC | |
| Barry Weiss | .... | senior staff: SPI | |
| Sheila Wickens | .... | digital compositor: MPC (as Sheila Gorman) | |
| Simon Wicker | .... | digital artist: MPC | |
| Ned Wilson | .... | lead production services technician | |
| Kathleen Woolery | .... | digital color timing coordinator | |
| Amit Agrawal | .... | software supervisor: SPI (uncredited) | |
| Aimee Campbell | .... | senior matchmover: SPI (uncredited) | |
| Danielle Conroy | .... | director of digital production: SPI (uncredited) | |
| Martyn Drake | .... | systems: MPC (uncredited) | |
| Michelle Martin | .... | visual effects coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Thomas Mathai | .... | data manager (uncredited) | |
| George Richman | .... | senior production services technician: SPI (uncredited) | |
| Mitch Zeitlin | .... | video editorial coordinator: SPI (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Pedro Barquin | .... | stunts | |
| Charles Croughwell | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Michelle Croughwell | .... | stunts | |
| Corey Michael Eubanks | .... | stunts (as Corey Eubanks) | |
| Richie Gaona | .... | stunt performer | |
| Sean Graham | .... | stunts | |
| Yoshio Iizuka | .... | stunts | |
| Billy Morts | .... | stunts | |
| Jonathan Nosan | .... | stunts | |
| John Radcliff | .... | utility stunts (as Johnny Rad) | |
| Mika Saito | .... | stunts | |
| Spencer Sano | .... | stunts | |
| Nathan Siebring | .... | stunt performer | |
| Scott Sproule | .... | stunts | |
| Sonny Tipton | .... | stunts | |
| Darlene Ava Williams | .... | stunts (as Darlene Williams) | |
| Brian Avery | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Joni Avery | .... | stunt performer (uncredited) | |
| Jake Brake | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
| Ian Calip | .... | stunt double (uncredited) | |
| Brycen Counts | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
| Michael Forte | .... | stunt driver (uncredited) | |
| Adam Fox | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Derek Frey | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
| Ransom Gates | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
| Al Goto | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Al Goto | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
| Sean Graham | .... | stunt double (uncredited) | |
| Bill Little | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Denney Pierce | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Shaun Roberts | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
| Scott Sproule | .... | stunt rigger (uncredited) | |
| Ryan Welch | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
| Boni Yanagisawa | .... | utility stunts (uncredited) | |
Animation Department | |||
| Bill Diaz | .... | supervising animator | |
| Denis Samoilov | .... | animator | |
Casting Department | |||
| Maryellen Aviano | .... | extras casting coordinator | |
| Dena Berman | .... | casting associate | |
| Janella Bersabal | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Barbara Harris | .... | voice casting | |
| Ingrid Jungermann | .... | casting assistant | |
| Ingrid Jungermann | .... | extras casting | |
| Kari Mills | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Karen Faith Rothwell | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Paige Wilbanks | .... | casting assistant | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Deborah Ambrosino | .... | specialty costume keyperson | |
| Susan Antonelli | .... | set costumer | |
| Amy Arnold | .... | costumer | |
| Cha Blevins | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Christine Cantella | .... | costumer | |
| Lee Clayton | .... | costume cutter | |
| Lee Clayton | .... | tailor | |
| Janelle Cochrane | .... | costumer | |
| Ian Davis | .... | wardrobe | |
| Brenda Donoho | .... | set costumer | |
| Diana Edgmon | .... | costumer | |
| Daniel George | .... | costumer | |
| Zandra Harding | .... | daily set costumer | |
| Seth Hendrix | .... | costume production assistant | |
| Nancy Jarzynko | .... | costumer | |
| Jimmy Jay | .... | set costumer | |
| Rosalida Medina | .... | costumer | |
| Donna O'Neal | .... | key set costumer | |
| Alison Parker | .... | costumer | |
| Alice Powell | .... | seamstress | |
| Felipe Sanchez | .... | costume illustrator | |
| Thomas Sjolander | .... | embroidery | |
| Michelle Skoby | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Dale Wibben | .... | head cutter/fitter | |
| Joulles Wright | .... | set costumer | |
| Suzy Freeman | .... | costumer (uncredited) | |
| Barry Kellogg | .... | costumer (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Michel Aller | .... | first assistant editor (as Michel Markus) | |
| Meredith Apel | .... | assistant editor | |
| Steve Bowen | .... | color timer | |
| Ben Estrada | .... | digital colorist assistant | |
| Mo Henry | .... | negative cutter | |
| Curtis Lindersmith | .... | digital intermediate editor | |
| Nadia Naimi | .... | assistant editor: UK | |
| Joel Negron | .... | additional editor | |
| Marc Pattavina | .... | apprentice editor | |
| Julie Saegert | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Michael R. Taylor | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Rebecca Weigold | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Jeff Atmajian | .... | orchestrator | |
| Bob Badami | .... | music supervisor | |
| Steve Bartek | .... | orchestrator | |
| Jane Antonia Cornish | .... | orchestrator | |
| Isobel Griffiths | .... | orchestra contractor | |
| Jake Jackson | .... | score recordist | |
| Ernest Lee | .... | music score programmer | |
| Shie Rozow | .... | assistant music editor | |
| Dennis S. Sands | .... | music scoring mixer | |
| Ellen Segal | .... | music editor | |
| Edgardo Simone | .... | orchestrator | |
| David Slonaker | .... | orchestrator | |
| Jeanette Surga | .... | music editor: temp music | |
| Jonathan Williams | .... | musician: cello | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Michael Antunez | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| Don Baer | .... | driver | |
| Chris Basso | .... | production van driver operator | |
| Jon Bergholz | .... | driver | |
| Steve Humphrey | .... | picture car coordinator | |
| Kim Magruder | .... | driver | |
| Ron Parsell | .... | driver | |
| Cindi Randall | .... | driver | |
| Mike Robinson | .... | art driver | |
| Bob 'Smitty' Smith | .... | driver | |
| John H. Stephens | .... | driver | |
| Timothy Stephens | .... | driver | |
| Olivier Suffert | .... | production driver: Billy Crudup | |
| Rick Kamen | .... | picture vehicles (uncredited) | |
| Norman P. Martin | .... | picture vehicles (uncredited) | |
| Kenneth A. Owen | .... | picture car mechanic (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2003-2004) (worldwide) (all media)
- Columbia Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
- Bontonfilm (2004) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films (2003) (France) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Italia (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Prooptiki (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Nelonen (2006) (2009) (Finland) (TV)
- Prooptiki Video (2004) (Greece) (VHS)
- RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
- Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (special visual effects and animation)
- Moving Picture Company (MPC) (additional visual effects)
- Stan Winston Studio (animatronic and makeup effects)
- Central Casting extras casting
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment cranes and dollies
- Direct Tools & Fasteners expendables
- EFilm digital intermediate
- Gearbox Sound and Vision additional ProTools systems supplied by
- Lightnin' Production Rentals transportation equipment
- Movie Movers transportation
- Pacific Title digital opticals
- Paskal Lighting lighting equipment
- Pivotal Post Avid editing equipment provided by
- Post Logic Studios digital film mastering
- Sony Classical soundtrack published by
- Sony Music Soundtrax soundtrack published by
- Sony Pictures Studios sound post-production
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for a fight scene, some images of nudity and a suggestive reference
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Runtime:
125 min
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Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Norway:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Spain:T | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Germany:6 (f) | Sweden:11 | Peru:PT | Finland:K-11
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When Josephine asks for Ed Bloom's permission to take his picture she holds a cult rangefinder camera, the Leica M6.See more »
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Crew or equipment visible: When Edward leaves Spectre, there are fresh tire tracks in the grass, probably from the crane being used to film the scene.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Young Ed Bloom:There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they are faster or stronger than other fish, they're just touched by something extra.
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Young Ed Bloom:There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they are faster or stronger than other fish, they're just touched by something extra.
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References Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)See more »
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It was either "Cheaper by the Dozen," "The Haunted Mansion" or this. I didn't exactly feel like watching my favorite comedian run around with a horde of little kids cracking bad poopy jokes behind them, and I didn't want to see Eddie Murphy do this either (it was bad enough in last year's "Daddy Day Care"), so I chose to see the more adult-oriented of these three films, and I'm glad I did, because Tim Burton's "Big Fish" is a marvelous film--full of wit and imagination and eerie vibes that sometimes don't fit into Burton's films the way he wants them to--but actually have a purpose here.
"Pee Wee's Big Adventure" is simply one of the best films of all time, and you can quote me on that. That was Burton's breakthrough--then came "Batman," which was very good but slightly lacking in substance, and then came "Edward Scissorhands"--one of my sister's favorite films, a beautiful love story and an eerie fable...but just missing a very small ingredient that kept it from becoming a great movie (perhaps the same with his film "Ed Wood"--a very good film, but not exactly one of my all-time favorites).
I have my doubts as to whether anyone other than Tim Burton could have pulled off "Big Fish." Here's a movie I expected I would dislike and come away feeling a little bit empty--but that's only partially true. The movie doesn't quite exceed on the level it tries to, but as a film, it's one of the best motion pictures of the year.
It stars Albert Finney as Edward Bloom, an old man who loves to exaggerate tales of his past and pass these on to his friends and family. One night his son, William (Billy Crudup), tires of hearing the story about how he caught the town's largest fish in a lake using a gold ring--so he ignores his father for three whole years, until his mother (Jessica Lange) informs Will that his father is dying of cancer, and that he wishes to speak with his son one last time.
Drawn back to his old Alabama hometown with his new wife, Will finally learns the truth about these so-called "exaggerated" stories--and we, as the audience, get to see them in flashback mode. It begins with a young Edward (Ewan McGregor), a "big fish" who was just too small for his own town and had to move away to search for brighter prospects. On his journey he comes across an assortment of odd fellows, including a "Gentle Giant," a failed poet living in a heavenly town named Spectre, and a strange circus ringleader who also happens to be a werewolf.
All of these stories that Edward Senior tells his family relate to their current positions, and to call the film simply beautiful would be what John Candy once said is "the understatement of the year." My particular favorite character was the poet living in Spectre, played by Steve Buscemi (a wonderful supporting actor), who I had no idea played any role in this film prior to viewing the opening credits and seeing "with Steve Buscemi" appear on screen.
Buscemi's poet has been working on a particular poem for twelve years whilst living in Spectre. "Can I see it?" asks Edward. It says, "Roses are red, violets are blue, I love Spectre." "But it's only three lines long!" says Edward. "That's the reason you don't show your work to people," Buscemi says.
Danny DeVito also appears as the circus ringleader, and the most regretful scene in the film is that in which we see him naked from behind. I shudder at the thought. But, for what it's worth, DeVito's second re-teaming with Burton is magnificent--he's a supporting character, but the film certainly benefits from his performance.
Like all of Burton's films, "Big Fish" teeters on the edge of greatness, but it never quite crosses the line. This is a marvelous film, full of warmth, kind-hearted fables and beautiful cinematography, and it's one of the best films of the year. It's certainly a unique film experience unlike any you've ever had before. Unless, of course, you've seen "Edward Scissorhands" or "Ed Wood." Then some of it may look a bit familiar.
Still, I enjoyed it more than "The Lord of the Rings." And I could actually relate to this film.
Trivia note: "Edward Scissorhands" was a Tim Burton film. The main character of this film is named Edward. Sometimes when people pronounce his name with their thick Alabama accents it comes across as "Ed Wood." Mere coincidence or something more? We may never find out.
4.5/5 stars.
- John Ulmer