My Giant is a 1998 comedy drama film starring Billy Crystal and NBA player Gheorghe Muresan in his only film appearance. Crystal also co-wrote the story. It centers on the adventures of a huckster named Sammy (played by Crystal) who befriends an enormous Romanian monk named Max (Muresan). The story was inspired by professional wrestler André the Giant, whom Crystal had met during the filming of The Princess Bride. Steven Seagal appeared as himsel...
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My Giant
Film
Directed by
Michael Lehmann
Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director.
Lehmann attended Columbia University. His first job in the film industry was answering phones at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope film company. Later he supervised cameras...
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