Big (movie)

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Big
Directed byPenny Marshall
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld
Edited byBarry Malkin
Music byHoward Shore
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 3, 1988 (1988-06-03)
Running time
104 minutes (Theatrical), 130 minutes (Extended Edition)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million[1]
Box office$151.7 million[1]

Big is a 1988 American fantasy comedy-drama movie directed by Penny Marshall. It stars Tom Hanks as Adult Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" and then becomes an adult the next day. The movie also stars Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow as young Josh, John Heard and Robert Loggia

Big had two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Hanks) and Best Original Screenplay.

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Big - Box Office Data, DVD and Blu-ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 16, 2015.


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