Comedy

Comedy Cinema – This Week – Big

Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at Big


About the Film

Summary of Plot

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.

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Year Of Release

1988

Running Time

1 Hours 44 Minutes

Director

Penny Marshall

Box Office Opening Weekend

$8,216,190


Trailer


Starring

Tom Hanks – Josh
Elizabeth Perkins – Susan
Robert Loggia – Macmillan
John Heard – Paul
Jared Ruhston – Billy
Jon Lovitz – Scotty Brennan


Song From the OST


Trivia

  • According to Robert Loggia, on the day they filmed the famous Walking Piano scene at FAO Schwarz, he and Tom Hanks noticed that doubles dressed like them were on hand just in case they could not do the dance moves correctly. It became their goal to do the entire number without the aid of the doubles. They succeeded.
  • To give Tom Hanks an idea of how a 13-year-old would behave, director Penny Marshall filmed each “grown-up” scene with David Moscow (Young Josh) playing Hanks’ part, and then Hanks copied Moscow’s behavior.
  • Penny Marshall became the first female director to ever direct a movie that grossed more than $100 million at the box office with this movie.

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