Big fish [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents ; a Jinks/Cohen Company, Zanuck Company production ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks ; screenplay by John August ; directed by Tim Burton.
Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito. Based on the novel: Big fish / by Daniel Wallace. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features (52 min.): optional audio commentary by Burton; "Edward Bloom at large" featurette (9 min.); "Amos at the Circus" featurette (with Danny DeVito, 5 min.); "Fathers and sons" featurette (7 min.); "Tim Burton : storyteller" making-of featurette (7 min.); "A fairytale world" featurette (10 min.); "Creature features" featurette about Stan Winston Studios (6 min.); "The author's journey" featurette (with Daniel Wallace & John August, 8 min.); "The finer points" trivia quiz (about the career of Tim Burton).
Summary:
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.
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