A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 69 nominations total
Loudon Wainwright III
- Beamen
- (as Loudon Wainwright)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe joke with the elephant defecating while Edward daydreams was unscripted. The filming crew found it hilarious, and quickly zoomed out to get the whole thing.
- GoofsEdward Bloom's "story" is set in a nostalgic, idealized amalgamation of the 1940s-1970s, so strict chronological and factual accuracy is not required.
- Quotes
Will Bloom: A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.
- Crazy creditsThe Columbia logo runs in reverse.
- Alternate versionsA scene was slightly trimmed to reduce shots of a woman in a river showing her backside in Singapore and in India. The Singapore video nonsensically carries an 'NC-16' rating.
- ConnectionsEdited into Funny or Die Presents...: Fifty Shades of DeVito (2018)
Featured review
When I saw the French movie Amelie I sat in the movie theater with a smile on my face throughout the whole movie. The exact same thing happened while watching Big fish. It is simply one of the best movies I have ever seen. It made me feel good, it made me laugh, and it almost made me cry. What else is there to ask for?
The actors did an excellent job, and the dialogue and the story was told in a very good way! The characters are also well described, every character had a meaning in the movie, everyone from the friendly giant to the twins to the witch to the big fish!
The are a couple of movies that really makes me feel good, and Big fish easily enters that collection of feel-good-movies. (Amelie, The Cider House rules, Chocolat)
The actors did an excellent job, and the dialogue and the story was told in a very good way! The characters are also well described, every character had a meaning in the movie, everyone from the friendly giant to the twins to the witch to the big fish!
The are a couple of movies that really makes me feel good, and Big fish easily enters that collection of feel-good-movies. (Amelie, The Cider House rules, Chocolat)
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- El gran pez
- Filming locations
- Wetumpka, Alabama, USA(Town of Ashton and Ed Bloom's house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,809,693
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $207,377
- Dec 14, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $123,235,422
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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