Big

19881988
PGPG
1h 44min

Tom Hanks in Big (1988)

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Comedy Drama Fantasy

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 11 wins & 14 nominations total

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Tom Hanks in Big (1988)

Tom Hanks in Big (1988)

Tom Hanks in Big (1988)

Josh Baskin would do anything to be big to hang out with his crush at the carnival. He finds a Zoltar machine, and he wishes to be big. After Zoltar tells him, "his wish is granted", Josh notices the machine is unplugged. He wakes up the next morning in an adult's body but he still has the same personality. With the help of his best friend, Billy, Josh learns how to act like a grown up. But as he gets a girlfriend and a fun job, he doesn't want to be a kid again. Will Josh stay big or become a 13 year old boy again?

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Taglines
- You're only young once!
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
To give Tom Hanks an idea of how a 13-year-old would behave, director Penny Marshall filmed each "grown-up" scene with David Moscow (Young Josh) playing Hanks' part, who then copied Moscow's behavior. Hanks would go on to do something similar for Forrest Gump (1994), when he would spend time with Michael Conner Humphreys (Young Forrest) and imitate his Southern accent to prepare for the part.

Goofs
When he wakes up as big Josh, his underwear seems the right size, but if he wore them the night before, they should surely have been too small for him?

Quotes
Young Josh, Billy: The space goes down, down baby, down, down the roller coaster. Sweet, sweet baby, sweet, sweet, don't let me go. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock. I met a girlfriend - a triscuit. She said, a triscuit - a biscuit. Ice cream, soda pop, vanilla on the top. Ooh, Shelly's out, walking down the street, ten times a week. I read it. I said it. I stole my momma's credit. I'm cool. I'm hot. Sock me in the stomach three more times.

Alternate versions
The Extended Edition is 130 minutes. It was released in 2007, and contains 26 minutes of previously deleted scenes, including Frances Fisher's role as Mrs. Kopecki.

Connections
Edited into 5 Second Movies: Big (2008)

Soundtracks
The Way We Were
Written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Marvin Hamlisch

Top review

9/10

Remember when we used to want to be big?

Ah, those were the days. All of us have done it. Wished we were older, so we could do more. Well, in the movie "Big", a child's wish to become big comes true.

Josh is a boy who is not tall enough to ride a roller coaster at a theme park. Humilated in front of a girl he likes, he goes to a "fortune telling" machine, and wishes he could be bigger. He wakes up the next day as a man. When everyone he knows throws him out of their lives, except his best friend, he goes into the adult world. Just by knowing what kids want in toys, he becomes a success in a toy company. He also manages to get a girl wanting him(even though he is completely oblivious to it). All he wants is be himself again.

9/10

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Release date
- June 3, 1988 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official Facebook
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- Petit bonhomme
Filming locations
- Rye Playland, Rye, New York, USA
Production companies
See more company credits at IMDbPro

Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $115,227,281
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,216,190
- Jun 5, 1988
Gross worldwide
- $151,927,281

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Runtime
- 1h 44min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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