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Big is a 1988 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a pre-adolescent boy whose wish to be "big" transforms him physically into an adult. The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins , David Moscow , John Heard , and Robert Loggia , and was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg .
Jun 3, 1988 · Big: Directed by Penny Marshall. With Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard. After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Penny Marshall
- 1988-06-03
After a wish turns 12-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks), he heads to New York City and gets a low-level job at MacMillen Toy Company. A chance encounter with ...
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- Penny Marshall
- PG
- Tom Hanks
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A young boy wishes to be big and wakes up as a 30-year-old man, but still acts like a child. He gets a job, a girlfriend, and learns to cope with the adult world, but wants to return to his original size.
Big. A boy's wish is answered when magically he becomes a grown man and finds work designing toys - but the benefits of adulthood may be highly overrated in this classic comedy. Directed by Penny Marshall. 9,225 IMDb 7.3 1 h 44 min 1988. X-Ray UHD PG. Comedy · Drama · Dreamlike · Quirky. Available to rent or buy.
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A young boy wishes to be big and wakes up as a grown-up man. He faces the challenges of adult life, such as work and romance, in this classic film directed by Penny Marshall.
20th Century Studios. 4.71M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.1K. 302K views 9 years ago. When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult...
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- 20th Century Studios