A wishing machine turns a boy into a 35-year-old man (Tom Hanks) with a fun job and a girlfriend (Elizabeth... (Learn more)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia (View All)
- Watch on Fancast
- 0Full Length Videos
- 1Full Length Videos 1Full Length Videos
- 0Clips & Other Videos
Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia
More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be "big". That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by Tom Hanks). Still a 13-year-old mentally and emotionally, Josh decides to hide out in New York City until he can figure out what to do next. He lucks into a job with a major toy company run by kid-at-heart McMillan (Robert Loggia). By cannily bringing a child's eye view to McMillan's business, Josh rises to the top-and in process, he falls in love with fellow employee Susan (Elizabeth Perkins). But he's still a kid, and he'd like to go back to his own world and own body. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, Big proved a crucial success for budding director Penny Marshall, who'd work harmoniously with Hanks again on the radically different A League of Their Own. The cinematography was by Barry Sonenfeld, who went on to become a director himself with The Addams Family. That Big was heavily reliant upon the input of Tom Hanks and Penny Marshall was proven by the failed attempt to turn the property into a Broadway musical. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Something wrong with our information? LET US KNOW
US Release Date
6/3/88
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
104 mins. (NYT)
Locations
- Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA
- Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA
- New York City, New York, USA
- Rye, New York, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$113,472,848
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 1988 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a 10 Best Films award at the 1988 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 1988 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Comedy or Musical award at the 1988 People's Choice Awards [Festival/Award Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1987 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 1988 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1988 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Fox Distribution
- 20th Century Fox International
