Big

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fantasy-comedy film film

Big is a 1988 fantasy-comedy film in which Tom Hanks plays a boy who magically becomes an adult overnight, earning widespread acclaim and helping establish him as a major Hollywood star.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy-comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Actor for Tom Hanks ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Best Original Screenplay
boxOfficeSuccess yes ⓘ
cinematographyBy Barry Sonnenfeld ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cultStatus cult classic ⓘ
director Penny Marshall ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Stephen A. Rotter ⓘ
featuresElement magical fortune-telling machine Zoltar ⓘ
filmingLocation New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York City ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
coming-of-age film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
goldenGlobeAward Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Tom Hanks ⓘ
hasAgeTransformation boy to adult overnight ⓘ
helpedEstablish Tom Hanks ⓘ
surface form: Tom Hanks as a major Hollywood star
leadActorBreakthrough yes for Tom Hanks ⓘ
mainCharacter Josh Baskin ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
musicBy Howard Shore ⓘ
notableFor one of the first major studio films directed by a woman to become a blockbuster ⓘ
notableScene Floor piano scene at FAO Schwarz where Josh and MacMillan play "Heart and Soul" and "Chopsticks". ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A 12-year-old boy makes a wish to be big and wakes up as an adult overnight. ⓘ
portraysCharacter David Moscow as young Josh Baskin ⓘ
Tom Hanks as adult Josh Baskin ⓘ
producer James L. Brooks ⓘ
Robert Greenhut ⓘ
productionCompany Gracie Films ⓘ
releaseDecade 1980s ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes approximately 104 ⓘ
screenwriter Anne Spielberg ⓘ
Gary Ross ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
starring Elizabeth Perkins ⓘ
Jared Rushton ⓘ
John Heard ⓘ
Robert Loggia ⓘ
Tom Hanks ⓘ
theme childhood and adulthood contrast ⓘ
growing up ⓘ
wish fulfillment ⓘ

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John Heard → notableWork → Big ⓘ
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Barry Malkin → edited → Big ⓘ
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Elizabeth Perkins → notableWork → Big ⓘ
Jon Lovitz → notableWork → Big ⓘ
Gary Ross → notableWork → Big ⓘ
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Anne Spielberg → notableWork → Big ⓘ
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Barry Sonnenfeld → wasCinematographerOn → Big ⓘ
Jared Rushton → notableWork → Big ⓘ
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