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Jun 3, 1988 · A teenage boy wishes to be big and wakes up as an adult in this Oscar-nominated film. He learns to act like an adult, gets a job, a girlfriend, and faces a dilemma: stay big or become a kid again.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Penny Marshall
- 1988-06-03
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.
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.
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
Apr 1, 2019 · Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia Directed By: Penny Marshall Synopsis: After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the...
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- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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. 9,239 IMDb 7.3 1 h 44 min 1988. X-Ray UHD PG.
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Aug 25, 2022 · The premise of the 1988 film "Big" is a relatable one: 13-year-old Josh Baskins (David Moscow) is desperate to be a grown-up. When his wish is granted, and he wakes up having aged into his 30s...