Big [2 Discs] [Director's Cut]

Director: Penny Marshall

Overview

More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be "big". That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by Tom Hanks). Still a 13-year-old mentally and emotionally, Josh decides to hide out in New York City until he can figure out what to do next. He lucks into a job with a major toy company run by kid-at-heart McMillan (Robert Loggia). By cannily bringing a child's eye view to McMillan's business, Josh rises to the top-and in process, he falls in love with fellow employee Susan (Elizabeth Perkins). But he's still a kid, and he'd like to go back to his own world and own body. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, Big proved a crucial success for budding director Penny Marshall, who'd work harmoniously with Hanks again on the radically different A League of Their Own. The cinematography was by Barry Sonenfeld, who went on to become a director himself with The Addams Family. That Big was heavily reliant upon the input of Tom Hanks and Penny Marshall was proven by the failed attempt to turn the property into a Broadway musical.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/13/2012
UPC:	0024543381570
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG
Source:	20TH CENTURY FOX
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Letterbox]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:10:00

Special Features

Disc 1: ; Original Theatrical Cut and Extended Edition (with over 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage!); Audio documentary by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg on creating Big; ; Disc 2: ; Deleted scenes with optional introductions by director Penny Marshall; Big Beginnings featurette; Chemistry of a classic featurette; Carnival Party Newswrap featurette; The Work of Play featurette; AMC Backstory: Big; Theatrical trailers and TV spots

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Hanks	Josh
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
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
Jamie Tirelli	Spanish Voice,Actor
Jon Levita	Actor
Kevin Meaney	2nd Executive
Peter McRobbie	Executive #3
Paul Lee	4th Executive
Debra Rupp	Miss Patterson
Lela Ivey	Bank Teller
Dolores Messina	Real Estate Agent
Gordon Press	Moving Man
George Manos	Limousine Driver
Vinny Capone	Photon Laser Gunfighter
Susan Wilder	Karen
John Rothman	Phil
Judd Trichter	Adam
Pasquale Pugliese	Tenor/Dough man
Edward Schick	Piano Player
Samantha Larkin	Girl Friend of Cynthia
Bruce Jarchow	Photographer
Vaughn Sandman	Boy on Baseball Field
Keith Reddin	Payroll Clerk
Howard Shore	Composer
Judianna Makovsky	Composer

Technical Credits

Anne Spielberg

Gary Ross

James L. Brooks	Producer
Robert Greenhut	Producer
Anne Spielberg	Screenwriter
Juliet Taylor	Casting,Producer
Gary Ross	Screenwriter
Les Lazarowitz	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Big
1. Main Titles
2. After Midnight
3. Cynthia Benson
4. Zoltar Speaks
5. Big
6. Friend in the City
7. Job Interview
8. First Day at Work
9. World of Toys
10. Chopsticks
11. MacMillan Meeting
12. Moving In
13. Office Party
14. Hot in the City
15. Sleepover
16. Cheater
17. Birthday
18. An Affair to Remember
19. Best Friends
20. "I'm a Child"
21. Big Decision
22. "I'm Gonna Miss You"
23. Back Home
24. End Titles
1. Main Titles
1. Responsibilites
3. After Midnight
4. Cynthia Benson
5. Zoltar Speaks
6. Big
7. Friend in the City
8. Job Interview
9. My Prince Will Come
10. First Day at Work
11. Payday
12. World of Toys
13. Chopsticks
14. MacMillan Meeting
15. Moving In
16. Tuxedo Selection
17. Office Party
18. Hot in the City
19. Sleepover
20. Cheater
21. Toys for Boys
22. Breaking Up
23. Birthday
24. Fun Date
25. An Affair to Remember
26. New Product Line
27. Best Friends
28. "I'm a Child"
29. Big Decision
30. "I'm Gonna Miss You"
31. Back Home
32. End Titles

Menu

Disc #1 -- Big
Play
Play Theatrical Version
Play Extended Cut
Language Selection
Language and Audio: English Stereo
Language and Audio: Spanish Mono
Language and Audio: French Mono
"Big Brainstorming" - An Audio Documentary by Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg (Theatrical Version Only)
Subtitles
English
Spanish
None
Scene Selection - Theatrical Version
Scene Selection - Extended Cut
Special Features
"Big Brainstorming" - An Audio Documentary by Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg (Theatrical Version Only): On
"Big Brainstorming" - An Audio Documentary by Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg (Theatrical Version Only): Off
Disc #2 -- Big - Special Features
Featurettes
"Big" Beginnings
Chemistry of a Classic
The Work of Play
Hollywood Backstory: Big
Carnival Party Newswrap
Deleted Scenes
Play All With Intros
Play All Without Intros
Billy's Home Life: Play With Intro
Billy's Home Life: Play Without Intro
Susan Interrupts Wedding Shower: Play With Intro
Susan Interrupts Wedding Shower: Play Without Intro
Josh Calls His Mom: Play With Intro
Josh Calls His Mom: Play Without Intro
Susan and Paul Having Breakfast
Josh and Billy Pick up the Tuxedo: Play With Intro
Josh and Billy Pick up the Tuxedo: Play Without Intro
Quacky Duck: Play With Intro
Quacky Duck: Play Without Intro
Josh and Susan Work Late
Sequence of Events After Susan and Josh Fight
Trailers and TV Spots
Trailer A
Trailer B
TV Spot "Women"
TV Spot "Adult Review"
Fox Flix
Bachelor Party
Cast Away
The Man With One Red Shoe
That Thing You Do!
The Sandlot Heading Home

Editorial Reviews

While Josh Baskin in Big was not Tom Hanks's first major role, it began to transform the star of Bachelor Party and Dragnet into one of the leading movie actors of the 1990s. Director Penny Marshall and screenwriters Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg tell their story with understated intelligence and a marvelous feel for the mind of a 12-year-old, a time when adolescent obsessions are just starting to edge into the child's psyche. Both physically and emotionally, Hanks does a nearly flawless job of putting the soul of a 12-year-old boy into the body of a 35-year-old man. His awkward gangliness and clumsy over-enthusiasm look and feel as if he's not yet used to the body he's grown into, and his naivete is convincing, unforced, and utterly winning. Josh never seems childish, but rather like a child who is out of his element and determined not to let it show (which, of course, just makes it show all the more). Hanks also had the good fortune to be cast alongside Elizabeth Perkins, whose sharp but sneakily charming personality has rarely been used to better advantage, and Jared Rushton, who in his scenes with Hanks achieves the goofy rapport of two kids talking after school with someone almost three times his age. Hanks's and Marshall's feel for details and willingness to take a subtle approach raise the film well above Vice Versa or Like Father, Like Son, two similarly themed films which took a much broader tone, making clear how big a difference a light touch can make.