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#361
Seen It:
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USA / English
| Ewan McGregor |
Ed Bloom (Young) |
| Albert Finney |
Ed Bloom (Senior) |
| Billy Crudup |
Will Bloom |
| Jessica Lange |
Sandra Bloom (Senior) |
| Alison Lohman |
Sandra Bloom (Young) |
| Helena Bonham-Carter |
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| Robert Guillaume |
Dr. Bennett (Senior) |
| Marion Cotillard |
Josephine |
| Steve Buscemi |
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| Helena Bonham Carter |
Jenny (Young & Senior) & The Witch |
| Danny DeVito |
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| Matthew McGrory |
Karl the Giant |
| David Denman |
Don Price (Age 18-22) |
| Director |
Tim Burton |
| Producer |
Bruce Cohen; Dan Jinks |
| Writer |
John August; Daniel Wallace |
After a string of mediocre movies, director Tim Burton regains his footing as he shifts from macabre fairy tales to Southern tall tales.
Big Fish twines in and out of the oversized stories of Edward Bloom, played as a young man by Ewan McGregor (
Moulin Rouge,
Down with Love) and as a dying father by Albert Finney (
Tom Jones). Edward's son Will (Billy Crudup,
Almost Famous) sits by his father's bedside but has little patience with the old man's fables, because he feels these stories have kept him from knowing who his father really is. Burton dives into Bloom's imagination with zest, sending the determined young man into haunted woods, an idealized Southern town, a traveling circus, and much more. The result is sweet but--thanks to the director's dark and clever sensibility--never saccharine. Also featuring Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, and Steve Buscemi.
--Bret Fetzer
| Barcode |
043396008373 |
| Region |
Region 2 |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen |
| Subtitles |
Arabic; Bulgarian; Croatian; Danish; English; Finnish; Greek; Hebrew; Hindi; Hungarian; Icelandic; Italian; Norwegian; Polish; Romanian; Slovenian; Swedish |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Audio commentary by Tim Burton. 'Edward Bloom at Large' featurette. 'Amos at the Circus' featurette. 'Fathers and Sons' featurette. 'The Filmmakers' Path' featurette. 'A Fairytale World' featurette. 'Creature Features' featurette. 'The Author's Journey' featurette. The Finer Points - Tim Burton Trivia Quiz. |
