Big Fish (2003)

PG-13
125 min
Adventure
December 25, 2003

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Tim Burton has created a special, lasting and enduring movie.

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BIG FISH coming to DVD on April 27th

...loaded with extras

Brian B.Feb 25, 2004

BIG FISH DVD release date?

...a new rumor emerges

Brian B.Feb 4, 2004

It is rare to find a film that not only improves upon the book of its origin, but somehow seems to complete it, as if the short novella by Daniel Wallace which first began Big Fish was only the smallest part of its intention.

Christopher MonfetteNov 29, 2003

Huge new BIG FISH gallery!

...a whole new slew of Movie Stills!

Brian B.Nov 25, 2003

Brand new photos from BIG FISH!

...the Tim Burton directed films' got an all star cast!

Brian B.Nov 13, 2003

New photos from BIG FISH!

...starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Crudup...

Brian B.Oct 7, 2003

The BIG FISH trailer is here!

Take a look inside Tim Burton's new film...

Brian B.Oct 6, 2003

New photos from BIG FISH hit the web!

The Tim Burton directed film gets some exposure...

Brian B.Sep 25, 2003

The BIG FISH poster now online!

Tim Burton's next film get's it's first one-sheet!

Brian B.Sep 4, 2003

BIG FISH gets a December release date

Directed by Tim Burton...starring Billy Crudup...

Brian B.Aug 28, 2003

Critics Score

77%

Release Date

December 25, 2003

Director

Tim Burton

Writers

Daniel Wallace
John August

Cast

Official Website

sony.com

Big Fish Synopsis

From the imagination of visionary director Tim Burton, comes the fantasy-rich family drama Big Fish.

A web-like tapestry woven of stories both real and exaggerated, Big Fish is the story of Edward Bloom and those who love him. Even if he doesn?t always believe every word he says, for Edward it?s all in the telling.

As an eight-year old confined to bed because of a preternatural growing spurt, Edward occupies himself by reading the entire World Book Encyclopedia. He is taken in particular with an article about goldfish, in which he learns that ?if goldfish are kept in a small bowl, they will remain small. With more space, the fish can double, triple or quadruple its size.?

Ten years later, after becoming one of the most popular young men in Ashton, Alabama, he realizes that, like the goldfish, in order for him to grow he must leave home and explore the world. As he confides to his new friend Karl the Giant, ?You think this town is too small for you? Well, it?s too small for a man of my ambition. I love every square inch of it. But I can feel the edges closing in on me. A man?s life can only grow to a certain size in a place like this.?

And thus, an improbable and mythic journey begins.

Many years and countless adventures later, Bloom (Albert Finney) is well known as a teller of tall tales about his colorful life as a less than ordinary young man (Ewan McGregor), when his wanderlust took him around the world and back again. His mythic exploits range from the delightful to the surreal, interweaving epic sagas about giants and werewolves, conjoined Korean lounge singers, a witch with a glass eye that can see the future - and of course, a big fish that refuses to be caught.

Bloom?s fabled stories charm everyone he encounters except his son Will (Billy Crudup), who has also left home but in this case to get out from under his father?s considerable shadow. When Edward becomes ill and his wife, Sandra (Jessica Lange), tries to reconcile them, Will embarks on his own personal journey trying to separate the myth from the reality of his father?s life and come to terms with the man?s giant feats and great failings.

The other travelers on this wondrous and moving voyage include Helena Bonham Carter as a woman who appears in different forms - including an enchanted witch. Alison Lohman portrays the young Sandra, the one true love of Edward?s life, and newcomer Marion Cotillard plays Will?s wife, Josephine. Steve Buscemi is the rueful poet turned bank robber turned Wall Street baron Norther Winslow and Danny DeVito plays Amos Calloway, the bamboozling owner and ringmaster of a traveling circus.