Big (1988)

Réalisateur:

Penny Marshall

Scénaristes:

Gary Ross (written by) &
Anne Spielberg (written by)

Date de sortie:

3 juin 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Famille | Fantasy | Romance

Accroche:

Have you ever had a really big secret?

Intrigue:

When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight.

Plot Keywords:

Wish | Job | Friend | Toy | Best Friend

Récompenses:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Keeping Your Inner-Child

Ensemble

Tom Hanks	...	Josh Baskin
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Susan
Robert Loggia	...	MacMillan
John Heard	...	Paul
Jared Rushton	...	Billy
David Moscow	...	Young Josh
Jon Lovitz	...	Scotty Brennen
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Mrs. Baskin
Josh Clark	...	Mr. Baskin
Kimberlee M. Davis	...	Cynthia Benson
Oliver Block	...	Freddie Benson
Erika Katz	...	Cynthia's Friend
Allan Wasserman	...	Gym Teacher
Mark Ballou	...	Derek
Gary Howard Klar	...	Ticket Taker (as Gary Klar)
Alec Von Sommer	...	First Brother
Chris Dowden	...	Second Brother
Rockets Redglare	...	Motel Clerk
Jaime Tirelli	...	Spanish Voice
Paul Herman	...	Schizo
Nancy Giles	...	Administrative Woman
Jordan Thaler	...	Administrative Clerk
Dana Kaminski	...	Personnel Receptionist
Harvey Miller	...	Personnel Director
Tracy Reiner	...	Test Market Researcher
James Eckhouse	...	Supervisor
Linda Gillen	...	Woman in Red Dress
Mildred R. Vandever	...	Receptionist
Bert Goldstein	...	First Executive
Kevin Meaney	...	Executive #2
Peter McRobbie	...	Executive #3
Paul J.Q. Lee	...	Executive #4
Debra Jo Rupp	...	Miss Patterson
Keith Reddin	...	Payroll Clerk (as Keith W. Reddin)
Lela Ivey	...	Bank Teller
Dolores Messina	...	Real Estate Agent
Gordon Press	...	Moving Man
George J. Manos	...	Limousine Driver
Vince Cupone	...	Photon Laser Gunfighter (as Vinny Capone)
Susan Wilder	...	Karen
John Rothman	...	Phil
Judd Trichter	...	Adam
Pasquale Pugliese	...	Tenor / Dough Man
Tom Coviello	...	Singing Waiter
Richard Devia	...	Singing Waiter
Teddy Holiavko	...	Singing Waiter
Augusto Mariani	...	Singing Waiter
Alfredo Monti	...	Singing Waiter
Sergio Mosetti	...	Singing Waiter
Armando Penso	...	Singing Waiter
Edward Schick	...	Piano Player
F. Benjamin Stimler	...	Boy in Leaves
Jonathan Isaac Landau	...	Boy in Leaves
Samantha Larkin	...	Girl Friend of Cynthia
Bruce Jarchow	...	Photographer
Vaughn Sandman	...	Boy on Baseball Field
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Paul Basile	...	Child at Taxi Stand (uncredited)
Brian J. Cano	...	Basketball Player (uncredited)
Kevin Fennessy	...	Handball Spectator (uncredited)
Matt Mindell	...	Friend (uncredited)
Brooke Marie Procida	...	Student (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Penny Marshall

Scénaristes
Gary Ross		(written by) &
Anne Spielberg		(written by)

Produit par
James L. Brooks	....	producer
Robert Greenhut	....	producer
Gary Ross	....	co-producer
Anne Spielberg	....	co-producer

Musique originale
Howard Shore

Image
Barry Sonnenfeld		(director of photography)

Montage
Barry Malkin

Distribution des rôles
Paula Herold		(as Paula Herald)
Juliet Taylor

Création des décors
Santo Loquasto

Direction artistique
Speed Hopkins
Tom Warren

Décorateur de plateau
Susan Bode
George DeTitta Jr.		(as George DeTitta)

Création des costumes
Judianna Makovsky

Maquillage
Lyndell Quiyou	....	hair stylist
Mickey Scott	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Todd Arnow	....	production supervisor
Timothy M. Bourne	....	assistant production manager (as Timothy Marshall Bourne)
Robert Greenhut	....	unit production manager
Amy Herman	....	production supervisor
Amy Lemisch	....	post-production supervisor
Richard Sakai	....	executive in charge of production: Gracie Films

Assistant réalisateur
Sue Fellows	....	dga trainee
Danny Irom	....	second second assistant director
Ken Ornstein	....	second assistant director
Thomas A. Reilly	....	first assistant director (as Thomas Reilly)

Département Art
Jeff Balsmeyer	....	storyboard illustrator
Jane Clark	....	storyboard illustrator
Glenn Lloyd	....	art department coordinator
James Mazzola	....	property master
Jeff Mazzola	....	assistant property master
Arne Olsen	....	chief construction grip
Ron Petagna	....	construction coordinator
Michael Smith	....	assistant art director
Cosmo Sorice	....	stand-by scenic artist
James Sorice	....	master scenic artist
Dave Weinman	....	set dresser
Joseph Alfieri	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Frank Didio	....	head carpenter (uncredited)
Christopher Nelson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Michael Scarola	....	construction grip (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Ashwill	....	foley recordist
Michael Bedard	....	cable person (as Mike Bedard)
Tom Bellfort	....	sound editor
Beth Bergeron	....	supervising adr editor
Joe Dorn	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Dranch	....	sound editor
Ann Ducommun	....	assistant sound editor
David Fechtor	....	sound editor
Julie Feiner	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Flick	....	assistant sound editor
Sukey Fontelieu	....	sound editor
Avram D. Gold	....	dialogue editor (as Avram Gold)
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bobbe Kurtz	....	sound editor (as Bobbe P. Kurtz)
Les Lazarowitz	....	production sound mixer
Cindy Marty	....	sound editor
James Matheny	....	sound editor
Susan Mazzei	....	assistant sound editor
Linda Murphy	....	boom operator
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jerry Ross	....	supervising sound editor
Frank Smathers	....	sound editor
Hugo Weng	....	sound editor
Linda Whittlesey	....	sound editor
Robert Yamamoto	....	assistant sound editor (as Rob Yamamoto)
Brian Eddolls	....	sound designer (uncredited)
Donald C. Rogers	....	technical director of sound (uncredited)
Mel Zelniker	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Jerry DeBlau	....	best boy
John W. DeBlau	....	gaffer (as John DeBlau)
Dennis Gamiello	....	key grip
Michael Green	....	assistant camera
Brian Hamill	....	still photographer
Tony C. Jannelli	....	camera operator (as Anthony Jannelli)
Jay Levy	....	assistant camera
John Lowry	....	second grip
Bobby Mancuso	....	assistant camera
Sal Martorano	....	electrician
Russell Caldwell	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
Richie Ford	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
Ron Kunecke	....	musco light operator (uncredited)
Eric Leigh	....	electrician (uncredited)
Peter John Petraglia	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
Lance Shepherd	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
Robert Shepherd	....	electrician (uncredited)

Département Casting
Judie Fixler	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Ellen Lewis	....	casting associate
Dawn Steinberg	....	casting assistant
Todd M. Thaler	....	extras casting (as Todd Michael Thaler)

Département Costume et garde-Robe
William A. Campbell	....	wardrobe supervisor: men (as Bill Campbell)
Patricia Eiben	....	wardrobe supervisor: women
Elizabeth Shelton	....	assistant to costume designer
Libby Titus	....	wardrobe assistant
Andrea Wallace	....	wardrobe assistant

Dpartement Editorial
Dennis Brookins	....	negative matcher
Elizabeth Canney	....	assistant film editor
Patrick Crane	....	second assistant film editor
Peter B. Ellis	....	second assistant film editor
Bob Hagans	....	color timer
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (uncredited)

Département Musique
Elliot Abbott	....	music coordinator
Walt Borchers	....	scoring crew
Terry Brown	....	scoring crew
Homer Denison	....	orchestrator
Chuck Garsha	....	scoring crew
Scott Grusin	....	music editor
Jimmie Haskell	....	additional music arranger
Suzana Peric	....	music editor
Armin Steiner	....	music scoring mixer
Jim Weidman	....	music editor
Brian Eddolls	....	music preparation (uncredited)
John Moses	....	musician: clarinetist (uncredited)

Département Transport
Harold 'Whitey' McEvoy	....	transportation captain
Bobby Marsh	....	driver (uncredited)

Divers
Richard Baratta	....	location manager
Saul Bass	....	title designer
Nicholas Bernstein	....	location scout (as Nick Bernstein)
Patricia Birch	....	choreographer
Diane Brooks	....	production executive
Sam Bruskin	....	studio manager
Kay Chapin	....	script supervisor
James A. Davis	....	location scout (as James Davis)
Michael DeCasper	....	production assistant
Lisa Fisher	....	production assistant
Paul Germain	....	production associate
Joseph Hartwick	....	production associate
Thomas A. Imperato	....	production auditor (as Thomas Imperato)
Craig Knizek	....	production assistant
Amy Lemisch	....	assistant: Penny Marshall
Deborah Lupard	....	production assistant (as Debra Lupard)
Patty MacDonald	....	executive assistant: James L. Brooks
Brian Mannain	....	production assistant
J. Michael Mendel	....	production assistant
Jan Nizen	....	assistant production auditor
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	title coordinator (as Jeff Okun)
Douglas S. Ornstein	....	production assistant (as Doug Ornstein)
Lana Repp-Lewis	....	assistant to co-producers (as Lana Lewis)
John Saffir	....	production assistant
David Satin	....	engineer: computer display
Scott Schaffer	....	craft service
Bill Scheffer	....	production assistant
Pamela Thur	....	location scout
Sonia Villalba	....	production assistant
Gilbert S. Williams	....	location scout
Jack Winter	....	special advisor
Paula Abdul	....	choreographer (uncredited)
Elaine Bass	....	title designer (uncredited)

Merci
Carol Caldwell	....	special thanks
Battle Davis	....	special thanks
Ken Estin	....	special thanks
Michi Kakutani	....	special thanks
Garry Marshall	....	special thanks
Monica Mcgowan Johnson	....	special thanks (as Monica Johnson)
Polly Platt	....	special thanks
Remo Saraceni	....	thanks: walking piano
Pat Scott	....	thanks: The New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting

Companies de production

• Gracie Films
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributeurs

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1991) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox (Argentina) (video)
• CBS/Fox (USA) (video)

Autres Companies

• Apogee Productions  opticals
• Camera Mart  thanks
• Cerruti 1881  men's wardrobe
• D.E.B. Film Services  negative cutting
• FAO Schwartz  thanks
• Juniper Post  sound
• New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission  thanks
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  thanks
• New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development  thanks
• New York Yankees  thanks
• PMK Public Relations  publicity
• Pacific Title  opticals
• SMA Realtime  computer graphic design
• Schneeman Studio  tailoring: Miss Perkins
• TAJ Soundworks  foley recorded at
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  recorded at

Durée:

104 min | 130 min (extended edition)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (DuArt) | Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Son:

Dolby | Stereo (Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Sound)

Classification:

Australia:M (TV rating) | West Germany:6 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | UK:12 (2007, uncut; re-rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Peru:PT | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (cut) | Norway:10 | Iceland:L

Lieux de tournage:

435 Greenmount Avenue, Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA

Société:

Gracie Films

Anecdotes:

The film's budget was estimated at $17 million.

Goofs:

Continuité: When Susan drives Josh home at the end, the trees on his street are in full autumn color, but in the next scene when Josh and Billy are walking down the street, the leaves are green again.

Guillemet:

Billy: I'd use the chain if I were you.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur "The Roseanne Show: (#1.33)" (1998)

Bande son:

Chopsticks

Keeping Your Inner-Child

This charming, sweet, hilarious gem of a film works because Tom Hanks makes you believe he actually is a small boy in the body of an adult.

The interesting trick of what makes the story appealing is not so much the magic that the boy gets his wish to be "big." It's that once he is in an adult, he has to navigate the adult world with the mind of a child -- and ultimately realizes that he is missing something if he makes the leap from boy to man without going through all the fun and the struggle in between. There are several other films that have the boy-to-man switch, but none of them have the depth of understanding about human nature that this film portrays.

The story is wonderfully written and directed, and Tom Hanks is a star. The film made me laugh, and it made me cry. What more can you ask of one movie?