BIG FISH

Year: 2003
USA: Columbia Pictures
UK: Columbia Tristar Films (UK)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, Missi Pyle, Jeff Campbell, Jonathan Castile, Marion Cotillard, Destiny Miley Cyrus, David Denman, Karla Droege, Trevor Gagnon, Robert Guillaume, Russell Hodgkinson, Morgan Grace Jarrett, John Lowell, George McArthur, Matthew McGrory, Charles McLawhorn, Mark McWhorter, Hailey Anne Nelson, Billy Redden, Grayson Stone, Ada Tai, Arlene Tai, Darrell Vanterpool, Loudon Wainwright, Don Young
Director: Tim Burton
Country: USA
USA & UK: 125 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for a fight scene, some images of nudity and a suggestive reference
UK Certificate: PG contains moderate violence, mild language and sex references
USA Release Date: 9 January 2004
USA Release Date: 25 December 2003 (Limited Release)
USA Release Date: 10 December 2003 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 30 January 2004
UK Release Date: 23 January 2004 (Limited Release - London)


Synopsis

In the heartwarming film BIG FISH, director Tim Burton (BATMAN, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS) brings his inimitable imagination on a journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a father and his son.

Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small-town in Alabama, around the world, and back again. His mythic exploits dart from the delightful to the delirious as he weaves epic tales about giants, blizzards, a witch and conjoined-twin lounge singers.

With his larger-than-life stores, Bloom charms almost everyone he encounters except for his estranged son Will (Billy Crudup). When his mother Sandra (Jessica Lange) tries to reunite them, Will must learn how to separate fact from fiction as he comes to terms with his father's great feats and great failings.