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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 .
- June 3, 1988
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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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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A 13-year-old boy wishes to be big and wakes up as a 30-year-old man. He must learn to cope with the adult world, including a job, a girlfriend, and a magic machine.
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.
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Anne Spielberg. Screenplay. Reviews. Discussions 3. When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside.
