Big
"Have you ever had a really big secret?"
FantasyDramaComedy
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
🎬 DirectorPenny Marshall
📅 Release1988-06-03
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioAmerican Entertainment Partners II L.P., Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox
🗳 Votes4,034
🔥 Popularity5
💰 Budget$18,000,000
💵 Revenue$151,927,281
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🎭 Cast
Tom Hanks
Josh Baskin
Elizabeth Perkins
Susan
Robert Loggia
MacMillan
John Heard
Paul
Jared Rushton
Billy
David Moscow
Young Josh
Jon Lovitz
Scotty Brennen
Mercedes Ruehl
Mrs. Baskin
Josh Clark
Mr. Baskin
Kimberlee M. Davis
Cynthia Benson
Oliver Block
Freddie Benson
Erika Katz
Cynthia's Friend
Allan Wasserman
Gym Teacher
Mark Ballou
Derek
Gary Klar
Ticket Taker
🎥 Crew
Producer
James L. Brooks
Original Music Composer
Howard Shore
Director of Photography
Barry Sonnenfeld
Director
Penny Marshall
Editor
Barry Malkin
Production Design
Santo Loquasto
Producer
Robert Greenhut
Second Assistant Director
Ken Ornstein
Post Production Supervisor
Amy Lemisch
Unit Production Manager
Robert Greenhut
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🏷 Keywords
baseballcoming of agebest friendco-workers relationshipbody-swapmagic realismbronx, new york citynostalgicpinball machinetoy makerjob promotionhomesick
💬 Reviews
Love this movie growing up. Everytime I went to a fair I was always hoping to find a machine like this. Still one of my favorite movies of all time.…
Oh, if only I was still young enough to wish I was older! That’s the problem facing the young “Josh” (David Moscow) who just wants to get all the school and puberty malarkey over and done with. Well a strange looking slot machine called “Zoltar” offers him a wish in return for his quarter. Of course, he goes home to bed thinking it’s all nonsense, but when he awakens in the morning suf…
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