Big fish [videorecording DVD] / Columbia Pictures presents a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; a Zanuck Company production ; a Tim Burton film ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck ; produced by Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks ; screenplay by John August ; directed by Tim Burton.
Format:
[videorecording DVD] /
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book ([24] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Videodisc was originally released separately by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment in 2004. This boxed set edition was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2005. Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace. Aspect ratio 1.85:1. Special features: commentary by director Tim Burton ; 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); Tim Burton, storyteller (how Big fish was made); A fairytale world (the importance of fairytales and myths and how these elements were incorporated into Big fish); Creature features (explore Stan Winston Studios); the author's journey (Daniel Wallace and John August discuss the origins and inspirations for Big fish); The finer points (A Tim Burton trivia quiz).
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. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
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