Big Fish (2003)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 5 mins | Drama, Adventure, Adaptation | Released: 12/10/2003 |Box Office Total: $66.2M

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Synopsis:

As an eight-year old confined to bed because of a preternatural growing spurt, Edward Bloom occupies himself by reading the entire World Book Encyclopedia. He is taken in particular with an article about goldfish, in which he learns that "if goldfish are kept in a small bowl, they will remain small. With more space, the fish can double, triple or quadruple its size." Ten years later, after becoming one of the most popular young men in Ashton, Alabama, he realizes that--like the goldfish--in order for him to grow he must leave home and explore the world. And thus, an improbable and mythic journey begins. Many years and countless adventures later, Bloom is well known as a teller of tall tales about his colorful life as a less than ordinary young man, when his wanderlust took him around the world and back again. His mythic exploits range from the delightful to the surreal, interweaving epic sagas about giants and werewolves, conjoined Korean lounge singers, a witch with a glass eye that can see the future--and of course, a big fish that refuses to be caught. Bloom’s fabled stories charm everyone he encounters except his son Will, who has also left home but in this case to get out from under his father’s considerable shadow. When Edward becomes ill and his wife, Sandra, tries to reconcile them, Will embarks on his own personal journey trying to separate the myth from the reality of his father’s life and come to terms with the man’s giant feats and great failings.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/10/2003

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Tim Burton	Director
Cast	Credit
Ewan McGregor	Edward Bloom (young)
Albert Finney	Edward Bloom (senior)
Billy Crudup	William Bloom
Jessica Lange	Sandy Bloom (senior)
Helena Bonham Carter	Jenny (young & senior) & The Witch
Alison Lohman	Sandra Bloom (young)
Robert Guillaume	Dr Bennett (senior)
Marion Cotillard	Josephine
Matthew McGrory	Karl the Giant
David Denman	Don Price (age 18-22)
Missi Pyle	Mildred
Loudon Wainwright III	Beamen
Ada Tai	Ping
Arlene Tai	Jing
Steve Buscemi	Norther Winslow
Danny DeVito	Amos Calloway
Deep Roy	Mr Soggybottom
Perry Walston	Ed Bloom (age 10)
Hailey Anne Nelson	Jenny (age 8)
Grayson Stone	Will Bloom (age 6-8)
R Keith Harris	Ed's Father
Karla Droege	Ed's Mother
Zachary Gardner	Zacky Price (age 10)
John Lowell	Don Price (age 12)
Darrell Vanterpool	Wilbur (age 10)
Destiny Hope Cyrus	Ruthie (age 8)
Joseph Humphrey	Little Brave
Morgan Jarrett	Will's Date
Sallie Hedrick	Pretty Girl
Charles McLawhorn	Mayor
Frank Hoyt Taylor	Sharecropper
Savanna James	Little Girl
Billy Redden	Banjo Man
James DeForest Parker	Shotgun Toter
Russell Hodgkinson	Some Farmer
Don Young	Shephard
Jayne Morgan	Townsfolk
David Ramsey	Townsfolk
Greg Hohn	Townsfolk
Zach Hanner	Cashier
George McArthur	Colossus
Jeff Campbell	Jump Leader
Lawrence Sykkmon	Chinese Emcee
Bonnie Johnson	Teller Woman
Howard Houston Jr	Piano Student
Joanne Pankow	Heavy Set Nurse
Trevor Gagnon	Will's Son
Jacob Radford	Kid
Karlos Walkes	Dr Bennett (young)
Cathy Berry	Lobster Woman
John Fugate	Side Show Barker
Daniel Wallace	Econ Professor
Metz Duites	Ventriloquist
Vincent Ybiernas	Asian Officer
Barry C Harvard	Chicken Plant Owner
Edward Aldag	Municipal Dump Owner
Michael Garnet Stewart	Auctioneer
Alan Rawlins	Pretty Man
Jake Brake	Old Zacky
Bevin Kaye	River Woman
Production Credits	Credit
Richard D. Zanuck	Producer
Arne L Schmidt	Executive Producer
Katterli Frauenfelder	Associate Producer
Dan Jinks	Producer
Bruce Cohen	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Zanuck Company, The	Production Company
Jinks/Cohen Company	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Repertory	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Alabama, USA
Writer	Credit
Daniel Wallace	Source Material
John August	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Nadine Wilson	Production Accountant
Marianne Shiffrar	Accountant
Megan Mathews	Assistant Production Accountant
Rick Baca	Assistant Accountant
Jon Copley	Assistant Accountant
Christine Bodelot	Production Accountant
Robert Miller	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Ben Edelberg	Model Maker
Daniel J Gillooly	Greensman - Greens Coordinator
Dennis Glassner	Production Designer
Daniel Clancy	Assistant Set Decorator
Chris Cummings	Art Department Coordinator
Nancy Haigh	Set Decorator
Quentin Matthys	Set Dresser - Fixtures Foreman
Dawn Brown Manser	Set Designer
Warren Manser	Illustrator
Richard L Johnson	Art Director - Supervising Art Director
Jon Nicholson	Dresser
Christina Wilson	Assistant Art Director
James J. Passanante	Painter - Paint Foreman
Scott Troha	Leadman
James Van Houten	Sculptor - Sculpting Foreman
Christopher Baker	Storyboard Artist
Michael Anthony Jackson	Illustrator
Jack Johnson	Art Director
Robert E Loring	Greensman - Greens Foreman
Scott Lukowski	Model Maker
Jonathan Short	Set Designer
Roy Barnes	Art Director
Pedro Barquin	Greensman
Brett Phillips	Set Designer
Robert Fechtman	Art Director
Jean-Michel Hugon	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Denise Chamian	Casting
Maryellen Roberts	Extras Casting
Dena Berman	Casting Associate
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Tracy Kilpatrick	Location Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Peter D'Amato	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Josh Hancher	Loader
Steve Bowen	Color Timer
Philippe Rousselot	Director of Photography
Zade Rosenthal	Photography - Still Photographer
Neal Norton	Camera Operator
Pamela Rittelmeyer	Assistant Camera - First Assistant Camera
Daniel P Moore	Video
Paul McGhee	Color Timer
Xiomara Comrie	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant Camera
Management	Credit
Dawn Guinta	Manager - Manager, Interactive Compositing
Amit Agrawal	Manager - Software Engineering Department Manager
Rachael Phillips	Manager - Manager, Digital Production
Robin Linn	Manager
Mary Borlik	Manager - Manager, Production Resources
Nathan Eriksen	Manager - Manager, Production Services
Music	Credit
Marc Mann	Music Engineer - MIDI Supervision
Nick Ingman	Music Conductor
Ellen Segal	Music Editor
Dennis Sands	Score Mixing
Dennis Sands	Score Recording
Harry Akst	Song
Bob Badami	Music Supervisor
Steve Bartek	Orchestrations
Danny Elfman	Music
Danny Elfman	Music Producer
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Bing Crosby	Song Performer
John Newton	Lyrics
Adam Kasper	Music Producer
Dock Boggs	Song Performer
Jeff Atmajian	Orchestrations
Ludwig Van Beethoven	Music
Shie Rozow	Music Editor
Sam Lewis	Song
Marc Mann	Music Engineer - MIDI Recording
Buddy Holly	Song Performer
David Slonaker	Orchestrations
Joe Young	Song
Louis Elbel	Song
Edgardo Simone	Orchestrations
Elvis Presley	Song Performer
Bobbi Page	Song Performer
Arthur Smith	Song
Candice Rumph	Song Performer
Dock Boggs	Song
The Vogues	Song Performer
Jacques Offenbach	Song
Julius Fucik	Song
The Allman Brothers Band	Song Performer
Canned Heat	Song Performer
Buddy Holly	Song
Norman Petty	Song
Pearl Jam	Song Performer
Elvis Presley	Song
Otis Blackwell	Song
Danny Elfman	Song
John August	Song
Allen Reynolds	Song
Dickey Betts	Song
Wilbert Harrison	Song
Eddie Vedder	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Charles Croughwell	Stunt Coordinator
Michelle Croughwell	Stunts
John Cherevka	Puppeteer
Sean Graham	Stunts
Richard Joseph Landon	Puppeteer
William Morts	Stunts
Shane Mahan	Puppeteer
Matt Heimlich	Puppeteer
Spencer Sano	Stunts
Lindsay MacGowan	Puppeteer
Sonny Tipton	Stunts
Brian K Namanny	Puppeteer
Corey Eubanks	Stunts
Yoshio Iizuka	Stunts
Mika Saito	Stunts
Scott Sproule	Stunts
Darlene Ava Williams	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Debra James	Unit Production Manager
Janna Stern	Script Supervisor
Lisa Swain	Production Coordinator
Jean Nakahara	Assistant Production Coordinator
John H Findley III	Assistant Location Manager
Katterli Frauenfelder	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Robin A. Citrin	Location Manager
Geraldine Niche	Production Coordinator
Jean-Pierre Avice	Unit Production Manager
Thomas Harper	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Raine Hall	Assistant Location Manager
Kerin Ferallo	Assistant Production Coordinator
Robert Skidmore ('Skid')	Assistant Director - Second Second Assistant Director
Craig McCraw	Assistant Location Manager
Carlos De La Torre	Assistant Director - Additional Second Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Eileen Peterson	Unit Publicist - Unit Publicity
Sound	Credit
Gary A. Hecker	Foley Artist
Howard London	ADR
Victoria Martin	Foley Editor - Supervising Foley Editor
Michael Rayle	Sound - Cable
Steve F Price	Assistant Sound Editor
Jeremy Peirson	Sound Effects Editor
Dan Sharp	Rerecording Mixer
Brian Ruberg	Foley Mixer
Kimberly Harris	ADR Editor - Supervising ADR Editor
Craig Berkey	Sound Effects
Petur Hliddal	Sound Mixer
Skip Lievsay	Supervising Sound Editor
Carl Fischer	Boom Operator
Brian P Williams	Rerecording Mixer
Ted Caplan	Sound Effects Editor
Catherine Rose	Foley Artist
Kevin O'Connell	Sound Mixer - Supervising Sound Mixer
Melissa Lytle	Assistant Sound Editor
Matthew Harrison	Foley Editor
Greg P Russell	Sound Mixer - Supervising Sound Mixer
Ezra Dweck	Sound Effects Editor
David Wolowic	Assistant Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Dennis Webb	Effects Supervisor - I/O Film Supervisor
Kevin Metz	Special Effects Technician
Victoria Alonso	Visual Effects Producer
Kevin Mack	Visual Effects Supervisor
Stan Parks	Special Effects Coordinator
Nicolle Cornute	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscoping Artist
Dianne Chadwick	Graphic Designer
Christian Bouyer	Modelmaker - Modeler
Max Bruce	CGI Artist - CG Lighting Lead
Todd Boyce	Animator - FX Animator
Steven Eric Giesler	Background Painter - Character Texture Painter
Robert Dawson	Titles - Title Design
Bill Diaz	Character Animation - Lead Character Animator
Colin Drobnis	Digital Effects Artist - Color & Lighting
Hans Metz	Special Effects Supervisor
Seth Maury	CG Supervisor
Shane Mahan	Special Effects - Effects Artist
Matt Heimlich	Mechanical Special Effects - Key Mechanical Designer
Creola Jones	Software Engineer - Systems Administrator
Steve Rhee	Visual Effects Editor
Bradford S Simonsen	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Digital Production Manager
Denis Samoilov	Character Animation - CG Character Animator
John Rosengrant	Special Effects - Key Artist
David Rohrer	Special Effects Technician
Jennifer Jung Kim	Background Painter - Texture Painter
Lea Lambert	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscoping Artist
Richard L Hill	Special Effects Supervisor
Lindsay MacGowan	Effects Supervisor
Lutz Muller	CGI Artist - CG Look Development Lead
Colin Drobnis	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Michael Duhatschek	Modelmaker - Modeler
Jenny Fulle	Visual Effects Producer - Visual Effects Executive Producer
Sean C Cunningham	Animator - FX Animator
Eddie Soria	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Digital Associate Coordinator
Tony VanDenecker	Special Effects Technician
Ned Wilson	Visual Effects - Lead Production Services Technician
Rick Grandy	CGI Artist - Digital Character Lead
Adrian Iler	Digital Effects Artist - Color & Lighting
Michael Kaelin	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscoping Artist
Brian Schindler	Character Animation - CG Character Animator
J Alan Scott	Effects Supervisor
Allen Ruilova	Animator - FX Animator
Robert Shrider	Animator - FX Animator
Adrian Iler	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Rob Blue	CGI Artist - Interactive Compositing Artist
Thomas Weinacker	Special Effects Technician
Andrea Lackey Pace	Visual Effects - Production Services Technician
Mitch Cockerham	Character Animation - Character Technical TD
Mark Hall	Animator - FX Animator
Chikako Terashita	Visual Effects - Production Services Technician
Christian Boudman	CGI Artist - Interactive Compositing Artist
Blaine Kennison	Digital Effects Artist - Color & Lighting
Blaine Kennison	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Derrick Quarles	Visual Effects - Lead Film Recording Technician
Lisa Deaner	CGI Artist - Interactive Compositing Artist
Doug Forrest	CGI Artist - Interactive Compositing Artist
Robert Davis Oh	Visual Effects - Film Recording Technician
John Sasaki	Digital Effects Artist - Color & Lighting
John Sasaki	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Jennifer German	CGI Artist - Interactive Compositing Artist
Christopher Arreola	Visual Effects - Lead Scanning Technician
Michelle Steinau	CGI Artist - Interactive Compositing Artist
Christine Lo	Digital Effects Artist - Color & Lighting
Andrew Foote	Visual Effects - Scanning Technician
David Keslick	Visual Effects - Scanning Technician
Kristen Trattner	CGI Artist - Interactive Compositing Artist
Christine Lo	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Adam K Moura	Digital Effects Artist - Color & Lighting
Brian Terwilliger	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Plate Coordinator
Adam K Moura	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
David Spencer	Digital Effects Artist - Match Move Artist
David Worman	Digital Effects Artist - Match Move Artist
Erica Hornung	Digital Effects Artist - Match Move Artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Michelle Skoby	Assistant Costume Designer
Donna O'Neal	Key Costumer
Karen Lovell	Hair Stylist
Paul Leblanc	Hair
Deborah Ambrosino	Costumer
Colleen Atwood	Costume Designer
Deborah Cha Blevins	Costume Supervisor
Jean A Black	Makeup
Linda Williams	Hair Stylist
Susan Antonelli	Costumer
Rosalee Riggle	Hair
Elisa Marsh	Makeup
Sharyn Cordice	Makeup
Linda DeAndrea	Hair
Brenda Donoho	Costumer
Daniel H George	Costumer
Michelle Vittone-McNeil	Makeup
Dorothy Pearl	Makeup
Jimmy Jay	Costumer
Rhea Lowenthal	Costumer
Richard Alonzo	Makeup - Specialty Makeup
Joulles Wright	Costumer

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