Big

Big is a 1988 romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical wishing machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight. The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia and was written by Gary Ross, with Justin Schindler and Anne Spielberg. Big was the latest, and most successful, of a series of age-changing comedies produced in the late 1980s; the ot... More

Initial release date:

  • Jun 3, 1988

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Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 44 min

Also known as:

  • Was ik maar groot!,
  • Quisiera ser grande,
  • Big - isoksi yhdessä yössä,
  • Petit bonhomme,
  • Duzy,
  • Büyük,
  • Veliki,
  • Segítség, felnőttem!,
  • Quero Ser Grande

Film

Directed by

Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall- Carole Penny Masciarelli (born October 15, 1942) is an Italian American actress, producer and director. After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley. A ratings success, the show ran from 1976 until 1983, during...

Tagline:

  • Have you ever had a really big secret?

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 44 min

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Currency Amount
  • 18,000,000

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Distributors:

Distributor Year Region Film distribution medium
  • 1988
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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Film Nominees

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Film Winners

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 42
  • 2000
  • 10
  • 2008
  • 1,073
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5
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AFI's 10 Top 10 Fantasy Films of 2008

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