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Big Fish

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

Director

Tim Burton

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, fantasy

Box Office

$66,809,693

Production

Columbia Pictures,The Zanuck Company,Jinks/Cohen Company,Tim Burton Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 69 nominations total

Ed Bloom - Young

Ed Bloom - Senior

Will Bloom

Sandra Bloom - Senior

Jenny - Young

Helena Bonham Carter

Sandra Bloom - Young

Dr. Bennett - Senior

Robert Guillaume

Josephine Bloom

Marion Cotillard

Karl the Giant

Matthew McGrory

Don Price - Age 18-22

Mildred

Beamen

Loudon Wainwright III

Ping

Jing

Norther Winslow

Amos Calloway

Mr. Soggybottom

Ed Bloom - Age 10

Jenny - Age 8

Hailey Anne Nelson

Will Bloom - Age 6-8

Ed's Father

R. Keith Harris

Ed's Mother

Zacky Price - Age 10

Don Price - Age 12

Wilbur - Age 10

Darrell Vanterpool

Ruthie - Age 8 (as Destiny Cyrus)

Little Brave

Joseph Humphrey

Will's Date

Morgan Grace Jarrett

Pretty Girl

Mayor

Charles McLawhorn

Sharecropper

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Little Girl

Banjo Man

Shotgun Toter

James DeForest Parker

Some Farmer

Russell Hodgkinson

Shephard

Townsperson

Townsperson

Townsperson

Cashier

Colossus

George McArthur

Jump Leader

Chinese Emcee

Lawrence Sykkmon

Teller Woman

Piano Student

Howard Houston Jr.

Heavy Set Nurse

Will's Son

Kid

Dr. Bennett - Young

Lobster Woman

Side Show Barker

Econ Professor

Ventriloquist

Asian Officer (as Vincent Ybiernas)

Vincent J. Ybiernas

Chicken Plant Operator

Barry C. Harvard

Municipal Dump Owner

Auctioneer

Michael Garnet Stewart

Pretty Man (as Alan Rawlins)

C. Alan Rawlins

Old Zacky

River Woman

Secretary (voice)

HÃ©lÃ¨ne Cardona

Spectre Citizen

Parade Spectator

Big Butt Clown

Spontaneous Dancer

Michael Griffiths

Little Girl

Spectre Citizen

Spectre Citizen

James Russell Lingerfelt

Spectre Dancer

Shannon McCrory

Army Officer

'50s Farmer

Matthew D. Miller

Spectre's Dancing Girl

Priscilla Monnier

County Fair Patron

Circus Announcer / Contortionist / Korean Fighter (voice)

Circus Patron

Misshaped Shadow in Circus Crowd

Mourner

Circus Worker John

Michael Shunnarah

Fat Man in Circus

College Student

Spectre Citizen

'70s Carnival Worker

Paratrooper

Townsperson with Bat

Circus Strongman

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So this is a tall tale - Big Fish

So this is a tall tale

The milkman just dropped dead on the porch - Big Fish

The milkman just dropped dead on the porch

MAN There are some fish that cannot be caughtIt's not that they're faster or stronger than other fishThey're just touched by something extra - Big Fish

MAN There are some fish that cannot be caughtIt's not...

Sometimes the only way to catch an uncatchable womanis to offer her a wedding ring - Big Fish

Sometimes the only way to catch an uncatchable womanis to...

What a father's not allowed to talk about his sonI'm a footnote in that story Dad - Big Fish

What a father's not allowed to talk about his...

We were like strangers who knew each other very well. - Big Fish

We were like strangers who knew each other very well.

In telling the story of my father's life, it's impossible to separate fact from fiction, the man from the myth. - Big Fish

In telling the story of my father's life, it's...

Give me back my ring! - Big Fish

Give me back my ring!

Thank you! - Big Fish

Thank you! - Big Fish

His birth would set the pace for his unlikely life. - Big Fish

His birth would set the pace for his unlikely life.

Yes. Yes, he's here. It's your mother. Oh. Hey! Uh-huh. And what does Dr. Bennett say? No, sure, I'l - Big Fish

Yes. Yes, he's here. It's your mother. Oh. Hey!...

Yes. Yes, he's here. - Big Fish

Yes. Yes, he's here.

And what does Dr. Bennett say? - Big Fish

And what does Dr. Bennett say?

YOUNG EDWARD Is it true she got a glass eyeWILBUR I heard she got it from gypsiesYOUNG EDWARD What's a gypsy ZACKY Your momma's a gypsyDON Your momma's a bitch - Big Fish

YOUNG EDWARD Is it true she got a glass eyeWILBUR I heard...

She'II make soap out of you That's what she doesShe makes soap out of people - Big Fish

She'II make soap out of you That's what she...

Ma'am, my name is Edward Bloom, and there's some folks like to see your eye. - Big Fish

Ma'am, my name is Edward Bloom, and there's some...

-You get The Eye? - Big Fish

-You get The Eye?

I saw how I was gonna die. - Big Fish

I saw how I was gonna die.

I was thinking about death and all. - Big Fish

I was thinking about death and all.

Oh. Hi, Mom. Oh. - Big Fish

Oh. Hi, Mom. Oh.

Is that, uh, Dr. - Big Fish

Is that, uh, Dr.

You are in for a surpriseAm IHaving a kid changes everythingThere's the diapers and the burping and the midnight feedingDid you do any of that NoBut I hear it's terribleThen you spend years trying to corrupt and mislead this childfill its head with - Big Fish

You are in for a surpriseAm IHaving a kid changes...

People needn't worry so much It's not my time yetThis is not how I goReally Truly I saw it in The EyeThe uh old lady by the swamp She was a witchNo she was old and probably senileI saw my death in that eye and this isn't how it happensSo uh how does it - Big Fish

People needn't worry so much It's not my time...

Um... Your mother hasn't been keeping up the pool. -If you wanted to, you could fix it. -Yeah, I wil - Big Fish

Um... Your mother hasn't been keeping up the pool. -If...

I was never much forbeing at home Will Too confiningAnd this here being stuck in bedDying is the worst thing that's ever happened to me - Big Fish

I was never much forbeing at home Will Too confiningAnd this...

Dr. Bennett said I have to stay at home for a week. Oh, that's nothing. Once, I had to stay in bed f - Big Fish

Dr. Bennett said I have to stay at home for a week. Oh,...

It occurred to me then that perhaps the reason for my growthwas that l was intended for larger thingsAfter all a giant man can't have an ordinary sized life - Big Fish

It occurred to me then that perhaps the reason for my...

Now as soon as my bones had settled in their adult configurationl set upon my plan to make a bigger place for myself in Ashton - Big Fish

Now as soon as my bones had settled in their adult...

GIRL: Doggy! - Big Fish

I was the biggest thing Ashton had ever seen. - Big Fish

I was the biggest thing Ashton had ever seen.

Calm down. - Big Fish

I'Il talk to him. - Big Fish

I'Il talk to him.

My name is Edward Bloom, and I wanna talk to you! - Big Fish

My name is Edward Bloom, and I wanna talk to you!

Armed with the foreknowledge of my own death, l knew the giant couldn't kill me. - Big Fish

Armed with the foreknowledge of my own death, l knew the...

Why are you hereSo you can eat meThe town decided to send a human sacrifice and I volunteered - Big Fish

Why are you hereSo you can eat meThe town decided to send a...

Oh come on I can't go back I'm a human sacrifice - Big Fish

Oh come on I can't go back I'm a human sacrifice

I don't want to eat you I don't want to eat anybodyI just get so hungry I'm just too bigDid you ever think that maybe you're not too bigbut maybe this town is just too small - Big Fish

I don't want to eat you I don't want to eat...

Edward Bloom, first son of Ashton, it's with a heavy heart that we see you go. - Big Fish

Edward Bloom, first son of Ashton, it's with a heavy...

That afternoon, as l left Ashton, everyone seemed to have advice. - Big Fish

That afternoon, as l left Ashton, everyone seemed to have...

She said that the biggest fish in the rivergets that way by never being caught - Big Fish

She said that the biggest fish in the rivergets that way by...

-What'd she say? - Big Fish

-What'd she say?

There were two roads out ofAshton: A new one which was paved and an older one that wasn't. - Big Fish

There were two roads out ofAshton: A new one which was paved...

Now, there comes a point when a reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit that he's made a terrible mistake. - Big Fish

Now, there comes a point when a reasonable man will swallow...

And what l recall of Sunday school was thatthe more difficult something became the more rewarding it was in the end - Big Fish

And what l recall of Sunday school was thatthe more...

You must've taken a shortcut Why yes I did It almost killed meMmm Life will do that to you And truthfully the long way is easierBut it's longerMuch longer - Big Fish

You must've taken a shortcut Why yes I did It almost...

Now, tell me if that isn't the best pie you ever ate. - Big Fish

Now, tell me if that isn't the best pie you ever ate.

Well, everything tastes better here. - Big Fish

Well, everything tastes better here.

Hey, I need those. - Big Fish

Hey, I need those.

I agreed to spend the afternoon, if only to understand the mystery of how a place could feel so strange and yet so familiar. - Big Fish

I agreed to spend the afternoon, if only to understand the...

I've been working on this poem for 12 yearsReallyThere's a lot of expectation I don't wanna disappoint my fansMay IIt's only three lines longThis is why you should never show a work in progress - Big Fish

I've been working on this poem for 12...

It's only three lines long. - Big Fish

It's only three lines long.

This is why you should never show a work in progress. - Big Fish

This is why you should never show a work in progress.

There's leeches in thereDid you see that woman What did she look likeWell she was Was she nakedYes she wasIt's not a woman It's a fish No one ever catches her - Big Fish

There's leeches in thereDid you see that woman What did...

WOMAN: Edward! - Big Fish

Roses are red Violets are blue l love Spectre... - Big Fish

Roses are red Violets are blue l love Spectre...

Jenny thinks you're quite a catch. - Big Fish

Jenny thinks you're quite a catch.

-I have to leave. - Big Fish

-I have to leave.

-You won't find a better place. - Big Fish

-You won't find a better place.

Promise me you'Il come backI promise Someday When I'm really supposed to - Big Fish

Promise me you'Il come backI promise Someday When...

That night,
I reached two conclusions. - Big Fish

That night, I reached two conclusions.

And then l realized, this wasn't the end of my life. - Big Fish

And then l realized, this wasn't the end of my life.

This isn't how I die - Big Fish

This isn't how I die

KARL: Friend. - Big Fish

I don't know if you've seen it, but Josephine had some photos in the most recent Newsweek. - Big Fish

I don't know if you've seen it, but Josephine had...

I don't know if you saw it,
but Josephine had some photos... - Big Fish

I don't know if you saw it, but Josephine had some phot...

I don't know if you're aware of this, Josephine, but African parrots, in their native home of the Congo, they speak only French. - Big Fish

I don't know if you're aware of this, Josephine,...

It's rude to talk about religion You never know who you're gonna offend - Big Fish

It's rude to talk about religion You never know who...

Josephine actually went to the Congo last year. - Big Fish

Josephine actually went to the Congo last year.

Hi How are you feelingOh I was dreamingWhat were you dreaming aboutOh I don't usually rememberunless they're especially portentous Do you know what that word meansIt means when you dream about something that's gonna happenLike one night I had a dreamwhere - Big Fish

Hi How are you feelingOh I was dreamingWhat were you...

Can I take your picture Oh you don't need a pictureJust look up the word handsome in the dictionary - Big Fish

Can I take your picture Oh you don't need a pictureJust...

I have photos of the wedding to show you. - Big Fish

I have photos of the wedding to show you.

I want to see pictures of your wedding. - Big Fish

I want to see pictures of your wedding.

Your mother in law was never supposed to marry meShe was engaged to somebody else I never knew - Big Fish

Your mother in law was never supposed to marry meShe was...

RINGMASTER: Hey! - Big Fish

RINGMASTER: Hey!

When I met this man, he was picking oranges in Florida. - Big Fish

When I met this man, he was picking oranges in Florida.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, thank y'all for coming. - Big Fish

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, thank...

They say when you meet the love of your life time stopsAnd that's trueWhat they don't tell you is that once time starts againit moves extra fast to catch up - Big Fish

They say when you meet the love of your life time stopsAnd...

What they don't tell you is that once time starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up. - Big Fish

What they don't tell you is that once time starts...

What they don't tell you
is that once time starts again... - Big Fish

What they don't tell you is that once time starts again...

Uh... What's your name? -It's Karl. -Karl. Uh... - Big Fish

Uh... What's your name? -It's Karl. -Karl. Uh...

Tell me, Karl, have you ever heard the term "involuntary servitude"? - Big Fish

Tell me, Karl, have you ever heard the term...

Eh, Mr. - Big Fish

Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Hey, kid. -Your friend just made himself a star. -EDWARD: Oh, that's great. - - Big Fish

Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Hey, kid. -Your friend just made...

What's the matter, kid? - Big Fish

What's the matter, kid?

I just saw the woman I'm gonna marryI know it But I lost herOh tough breakWell most men have to get married before they lose their wivesI'm gonna spend every day of the rest of my life looking for herThat or die aloneDamn kidLet me guess Real - Big Fish

I just saw the woman I'm gonna marryI know it But I...

You were a big fish in a small pond but this here is the oceanand you're drowningTake my advice go back to Puddleville You'II be happy there - Big Fish

You were a big fish in a small pond but this here is the...

And I may not have muchbut I have more determination than any man you're likely to meet - Big Fish

And I may not have muchbut I have more determination than...

Every month you work for me I'Il tell you one thing about her. - Big Fish

Every month you work for me I'Il tell you one thing...

Let's get started. - Big Fish

Let's get started.

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A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Tim Burton

Writer: Daniel Wallace, John August

Production: Columbia Pictures,The Zanuck Company,Jinks/Cohen Company,Tim Burton Productions

Genre: adventure, drama, fantasy

Year: 2003

MetaScore: 58/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $66,809,693

Released: 09 Jan 2004

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 69 nominations total

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