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Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
024543381570

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
General Note
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.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Barry Sonnenfeld ; editor, Barry Malkin ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; production designer, Santo Loquasto.
Participants/Performers
Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl.
Description
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 year 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 of a beautiful woman. Now Josh must learn to get used to the adult world he always wanted to be part of.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono.
Language
English (Dolby stereo.), French (Dolby mono.) or Spanish (Dolby mono.) dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards
Golden Globes (USA), 1989: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (Tom Hanks)

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Brooks, J. L., Greenhut, R., Ross, G., Spielberg, A., Marshall, P., Hanks, T., Perkins, E., Loggia, R., Heard, J., Rushton, J., Moscow, D., Lovitz, J., & Ruehl, M. (2007). Big (Extended ed.). 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

James L. Brooks et al.. 2007. Big. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

James L. Brooks et al.. Big 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Brooks, James L., et al. Big Extended ed., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.

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