Big
Big
“ Have you ever had a really big secret? ”
CINEMA1988-06-03
RegionUS
Runtime104 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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
DIRECTOR / Director
Penny Marshall
KEYWORDS
baseballcoming of agebest friendco-workers relationshipbody-swapmagic realismbronxnew york citynostalgicpinball machinetoy makerjob promotionhomesicknew toyquarterunplugged electronic worksyankee stadiumwish fulfillmentbunk bedwoman directortoymakerlovingage changehilariousamusedjoyful
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Tom Hanks
From comedy star to two-time Academy Award winner, he became one of American cinema’s defining portraits of the ordinary hero.
Tom Hanks is one of the defining actors of modern American cinema. From his breakthrough as a comedy star in Big to consecutive Academy Award-winning performances in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, and later roles in films such as Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, Captain Phillips, and Sully, he developed a distinctive screen persona built on trust, restraint, humanity, and the resilience of ordinary people.
