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Big fish / Columbia Pictures presents ; a Jinks/Cohen Company, Zanuck Company production ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks ; screenplay by John August ; directed by Tim Burton.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 00837 | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment00838 | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment15641 | Columbia PicturesLanguage: English, French Subtitle language: English, French Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2003, 2004.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1404930388
  • 9781404930384
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .B54 2004
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito.Summary: William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth.
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Based on the novel: Big fish / by Daniel Wallace.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Special features (52 min.): optional audio commentary by Burton; "Edward Bloom at large" featurette (9 min.); "Amos at the Circus" featurette (with Danny DeVito, 5 min.); "Fathers and sons" featurette (7 min.); "Tim Burton : storyteller" making-of featurette (7 min.); "A fairytale world" featurette (10 min.); "Creature features" featurette about Stan Winston Studios (6 min.); "The author's journey" featurette (with Daniel Wallace & John August, 8 min.); "The finer points" trivia quiz (about the career of Tim Burton); trailer (in previews: 3 min.).

Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.

Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito.

William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for a fight scene, some images of nudity and a suggestive reference.

CHV rating: PG.

Closed-captioned.

DVD; NTSC; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1); Dolby digital 5.1 (English) or Dolby digital surround (French).

DVD.

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English or French; Closed-captioned.