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.

Aliases (3)

Big Fish (musical) ×2
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions ×2
Big Fish (film) ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → fantasy film → film → stage musical →
author	Daniel Wallace →
basedOn	Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions →
cinematographer	Philippe Rousselot →
composerNominated	Danny Elfman →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Tim Burton →
distributor	Columbia Pictures → Sony Pictures Releasing →
editor	Chris Lebenzon →
featuresCharacter	Amos Calloway → Jenny Hill → Karl the Giant → Sandra Bloom NERFINISHED → The Witch →
genre	drama → fantasy → fantasy drama →
hasAdaptation	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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Finney → Ewan McGregor → Helena Bonham Carter → Richard D. Zanuck → Tim Burton → Tim Burton ("Big Fish (film)") →	notableWork
Big Fish ("Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions") →	basedOn
Tim Burton →	directed
Big Fish ("Big Fish (musical)") →	hasAdaptation
The Big Day →	hasPart