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Big fish (Motion picture)

Big fish [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures Corporation ; The Zanuck Company ; Jinks/Cohen Company ; producers, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Richard D. Zanuck ; screenplay, John August ; director, Tim Burton.

Burbank, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.

1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.

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

Fathers and sons -- Drama.

Tall tales -- Drama.

Feature films.

Closed captioning.

Cohen, Bruce.

Jinks, Dan.

Zanuck, Richard D.

August, John.

Burton, Tim, 1958-

McGregor, Ewan, 1971-

Finney, Albert, 1936-2019.

Crudup, Billy, 1968-

Lange, Jessica.

Lohman, Alison, 1979-

Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966-

Guillaume, Robert.

Cotillard, Marion, 1975-

McGrory, Matthew.

Rousselot, Philippe, 1945-

Lebenzon, Chris.

Elfman, Danny.

Atwood, Colleen.

Gassner, Dennis.

Wallace, Daniel, 1959-

Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Zanuck Company.

Jinks/Cohen Company.

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Based on the book "Big fish: a novel of mythic proportions" by Daniel Wallace.

Special features: four film featurettes: "Tim Burton: storyteller", "A fairytale world" "Creature features - the magic of Stan Winston Studos, "The author's journey" - Daniel Wallace's story from page to screen; three character features: "Edward Bloom at large" - take a look at the larger than life world of Edward Bloom, "Amos at the Circus" - Danny DeVito takes viewers through the Calloway Circus, "Fathers and sons" - examines the father and son dynamic; audio commentary with Tim Burton; the finer points - a Tim Burton trivia quiz; interactive triva game.

Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; visual effects supervisor, Kevin Scott Mack ; special effects supervisor, Hans Metz.

Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McGrory.

DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.

English or dubbed French dialogue, French subtitles; closed-captioned.

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DVD MOVIE Big fish

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