Big Fish

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American film drama film fantasy film film stage musical

Big Fish is a 2003 fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton that blends magical realism and Southern folklore to explore the relationship between a son and his charismatic, storytelling father.

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Label	Occurrences
Big Fish canonical	31
Big Fish (film)	6
Big Fish (2003 film)	4
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions	4
Big Fish (musical)	2
2003 film Big Fish	1
Big Fish (novel)	1
Big Fish (stage musical)	1
Big Fish fictional universe	1
Big Fish universe	1

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instanceOf	American film ⓘ drama film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ film ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
author	Daniel Wallace ⓘ
basedOn	Big Fish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions
cinematographer	Philippe Rousselot ⓘ
composerNominated	Danny Elfman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Tim Burton ⓘ
distributor	Columbia Pictures ⓘ Sony Pictures Releasing ⓘ
editor	Chris Lebenzon ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Amos Calloway ⓘ Jenny Hill ⓘ Karl the Giant ⓘ Sandra Bloom ⓘ The Witch ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ fantasy ⓘ fantasy drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Big Fish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Fish (musical)
incorporates	Southern folklore ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Edward Bloom ⓘ Will Bloom ⓘ
mainTheme	father–son relationship ⓘ myth and reality ⓘ storytelling ⓘ
musicBy	Danny Elfman ⓘ
narrativeStyle	magical realism ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
premiereEvent	AFI Fest 2003 ⓘ
producer	Bruce Cohen ⓘ Dan Jinks ⓘ Richard D. Zanuck ⓘ
protagonist	Edward Bloom ⓘ
releaseDate	2003-12-10 ⓘ
releaseYear	2003 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	125 ⓘ
screenwriter	John August ⓘ
settingLocation	Alabama ⓘ
stars	Albert Finney ⓘ Alison Lohman ⓘ Billy Crudup ⓘ Danny DeVito ⓘ Ewan McGregor ⓘ Helena Bonham Carter ⓘ Jessica Lange ⓘ Marion Cotillard ⓘ Steve Buscemi ⓘ

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