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Widescreen Editions Big WS DSS LaserDisc Hanks Perkins Loggia Heard Comedy

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Fed Up with Limits of Childhood, he Wishes to be Big...

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Fed Up with Limits of Childhood, he Wishes to be Big...

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Big

( Catalog Number 165885 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Big
1988 - 104 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A 13-year-old boy named Josh wants, more than anything else, to be "big". And when he makes a wish on a carnival wishing booth his dreams come true: he transposes into the body of a 35 year old man -- though his mind and spirit remain that of a child. Since he can't really go to school looking like an adult, and his mother doesn't know him in his new guise, he heads to New York with his pal Billy, where they proceed to goof off, play around, and act basically like the kids they are. But when Billy leaves, Josh is subjected to the encroaching needs and responsibilities of adulthood, and he quickly discovers both the pleasures and the problems of being grown-up.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be "big". That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by Tom Hanks). Still a 13-year-old mentally and emotionally, Josh decides to hide out in New York City until he can figure out what to do next. He lucks into a job with a major toy company run by kid-at-heart McMillan (Robert Loggia). By cannily bringing a child's eye view to McMillan's business, Josh rises to the top-and in process, he falls in love with fellow employee Susan (Elizabeth Perkins). But he's still a kid, and he'd like to go back to his own world and own body. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, Big proved a crucial success for budding director Penny Marshall, who'd work harmoniously with Hanks again on the radically different A League of Their Own. The cinematography was by Barry Sonenfeld, who went on to become a director himself with The Addams Family. That Big was heavily reliant upon the input of Tom Hanks and Penny Marshall was proven by the failed attempt to turn the property into a Broadway musical. --- Hal Erickson

While Josh Baskin in Big was not Tom Hanks's first major role, it began to transform the star of Bachelor Party and Dragnet into one of the leading movie actors of the 1990s. Director Penny Marshall and screenwriters Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg tell their story with understated intelligence and a marvelous feel for the mind of a 12-year-old, a time when adolescent obsessions are just starting to edge into the child's psyche. Both physically and emotionally, Hanks does a nearly flawless job of putting the soul of a 12-year-old boy into the body of a 35-year-old man. His awkward gangliness and clumsy over-enthusiasm look and feel as if he's not yet used to the body he's grown into, and his naivete is convincing, unforced, and utterly winning. Josh never seems childish, but rather like a child who is out of his element and determined not to let it show (which, of course, just makes it show all the more). Hanks also had the good fortune to be cast alongside Elizabeth Perkins, whose sharp but sneakily charming personality has rarely been used to better advantage, and Jared Rushton, who in his scenes with Hanks achieves the goofy rapport of two kids talking after school with someone almost three times his age. Hanks's and Marshall's feel for details and willingness to take a subtle approach raise the film well above Vice Versa or Like Father, Like Son, two similarly themed films which took a much broader tone, making clear how big a difference a light touch can make. --- Mark Deming

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Cast for Big

Tom Hanks - Josh Baskin
Elizabeth Perkins - Susan Lawrence
John Heard - Paul Davenport
Jared Rushton - Billy Kopeche
Robert Loggia - "Mac" MacMillan
David Moscow - Young Josh
Rockets Redglare - Motel Clerk
Tracy Reiner - Test Market Researcher
Gordon Press - Moving Man
Harvey Miller - Personnel Director
Keith Reddin - Payroll Clerk
Pasquale Pugliese - Tenor/Dough man
Max Raven - Carnival Strongman
Dolores Messina - Real Estate Agent
Mildred R. Vandever - Receptionist
Judd Trichter - Adam
Jaime Tirelli - Spanish Voice
Alec Von Sommer - 1st Brother
Allan Wasserman - Gym Teacher
John Rothman - Phil
Debra Jo Rupp - Miss Patterson
Mercedes Ruehl - Mrs. Baskin
Jordan Thaler - Administrative Clerk
Vaughn Sandman - Boy on Baseball Field
Edward Schick - Piano Player
Susan Wilder - Karen
James Eckhouse - Supervisor
Chris Dowden - 2nd Brother
Nancy Giles - Administrative Woman
Linda Gillen - Woman In Red Dress
Paul Herman - Schizo
Oliver Block - Freddie Benson
Mark Ballou - Derek
Kimberlee M. Davis - Cynthia Benson
Vinnie Capone - Photon Laser Gunfighter
Josh Clark - Mr. Baskin
Kevin Meaney - 2nd Executive
Jon Lovitz - Scotty Brennen
Jon Levita
Paul L.Q. Lee - 4th Executive
George J. Manos - Limousine Driver
Peter McRobbie - Executive #3
Lela Ivey - Bank Teller
Dana Kaminski - Personnel Receptionist
Bruce Jarchow - Photographer
Samantha Larkin - Girl Friend of Cynthia
Erika Katz - Cynthia's Friend
Gary Klar - Ticket Taker

Crew for Big

Penny Marshall - Director
James L. Brooks - Producer / Co-producer
Robert Greenhut - Producer / Co-producer
Juliet Taylor - Producer / Casting
Gary Ross - Screenwriter / Co-producer
Anne Spielberg - Screenwriter / Co-producer
Barry Sonnenfeld - Cinematographer
Judianna Makovsky - Composer (Music Score) / Costume Designer
Howard Shore - Composer (Music Score)
Barry Malkin - Editor
Santo Loquasto - Production Designer
Speed Hopkins - Art Director
Thomas Warren - Art Director
Tom Warren - Art Director
Alan Bergman - Songwriter
Marilyn Bergman - Songwriter
Kimberly A. Bradstreet - Songwriter
Hoagy Carmichael - Songwriter
Mario Cipolina - Songwriter
Johnny Colla - Songwriter
Joel Frankel - Songwriter
Billie Gibson - Songwriter
Bobby Gosh - Songwriter
Marvin Hamlisch - Songwriter
Chris Hayes - Songwriter
Sean Hopper - Songwriter
Billy Idol - Songwriter
Huey Lewis - Songwriter
Frank Loesser - Songwriter
Glenn Miller - Songwriter
David Pomeranz - Songwriter
Patrice Rushen - Songwriter
Steve Stevens - Songwriter
Freddie Washington - Songwriter
Susan Bode - Set Designer
George De Titta, Jr. - Set Designer
Paula Abdul - Choreography
Pat Birch - Choreography
Mickey Scott - Makeup
Tony Jannelli - Camera Operator
Les Lazarowitz - Sound/Sound Designer

Feature Details

Title: Big
Feature Release Date: 1988
Genre: Comedy
Color: Color
Runtime: 104 Minutes
Chapters: 25
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 8 Mar 1995
Catalog Number: 165885
UPC: 086162912665
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: Fox Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 165885
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with edge and shelf-wear and a compressed corner

Big

( Catalog Number 165885 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
See Many More Rare Dolby Digital AC-3 LaserDiscs at DaDon's...
LD

Big
1988 - 104 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A 13-year-old boy named Josh wants, more than anything else, to be "big". And when he makes a wish on a carnival wishing booth his dreams come true: he transposes into the body of a 35 year old man -- though his mind and spirit remain that of a child. Since he can't really go to school looking like an adult, and his mother doesn't know him in his new guise, he heads to New York with his pal Billy, where they proceed to goof off, play around, and act basically like the kids they are. But when Billy leaves, Josh is subjected to the encroaching needs and responsibilities of adulthood, and he quickly discovers both the pleasures and the problems of being grown-up.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be "big". That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by Tom Hanks). Still a 13-year-old mentally and emotionally, Josh decides to hide out in New York City until he can figure out what to do next. He lucks into a job with a major toy company run by kid-at-heart McMillan (Robert Loggia). By cannily bringing a child's eye view to McMillan's business, Josh rises to the top-and in process, he falls in love with fellow employee Susan (Elizabeth Perkins). But he's still a kid, and he'd like to go back to his own world and own body. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, Big proved a crucial success for budding director Penny Marshall, who'd work harmoniously with Hanks again on the radically different A League of Their Own. The cinematography was by Barry Sonenfeld, who went on to become a director himself with The Addams Family. That Big was heavily reliant upon the input of Tom Hanks and Penny Marshall was proven by the failed attempt to turn the property into a Broadway musical. --- Hal Erickson

While Josh Baskin in Big was not Tom Hanks's first major role, it began to transform the star of Bachelor Party and Dragnet into one of the leading movie actors of the 1990s. Director Penny Marshall and screenwriters Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg tell their story with understated intelligence and a marvelous feel for the mind of a 12-year-old, a time when adolescent obsessions are just starting to edge into the child's psyche. Both physically and emotionally, Hanks does a nearly flawless job of putting the soul of a 12-year-old boy into the body of a 35-year-old man. His awkward gangliness and clumsy over-enthusiasm look and feel as if he's not yet used to the body he's grown into, and his naivete is convincing, unforced, and utterly winning. Josh never seems childish, but rather like a child who is out of his element and determined not to let it show (which, of course, just makes it show all the more). Hanks also had the good fortune to be cast alongside Elizabeth Perkins, whose sharp but sneakily charming personality has rarely been used to better advantage, and Jared Rushton, who in his scenes with Hanks achieves the goofy rapport of two kids talking after school with someone almost three times his age. Hanks's and Marshall's feel for details and willingness to take a subtle approach raise the film well above Vice Versa or Like Father, Like Son, two similarly themed films which took a much broader tone, making clear how big a difference a light touch can make. --- Mark Deming

Thanks for Visiting DaDon's !

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Cast for Big

Tom Hanks - Josh Baskin
Elizabeth Perkins - Susan Lawrence
John Heard - Paul Davenport
Jared Rushton - Billy Kopeche
Robert Loggia - "Mac" MacMillan
David Moscow - Young Josh
Rockets Redglare - Motel Clerk
Tracy Reiner - Test Market Researcher
Gordon Press - Moving Man
Harvey Miller - Personnel Director
Keith Reddin - Payroll Clerk
Pasquale Pugliese - Tenor/Dough man
Max Raven - Carnival Strongman
Dolores Messina - Real Estate Agent
Mildred R. Vandever - Receptionist
Judd Trichter - Adam
Jaime Tirelli - Spanish Voice
Alec Von Sommer - 1st Brother
Allan Wasserman - Gym Teacher
John Rothman - Phil
Debra Jo Rupp - Miss Patterson
Mercedes Ruehl - Mrs. Baskin
Jordan Thaler - Administrative Clerk
Vaughn Sandman - Boy on Baseball Field
Edward Schick - Piano Player
Susan Wilder - Karen
James Eckhouse - Supervisor
Chris Dowden - 2nd Brother
Nancy Giles - Administrative Woman
Linda Gillen - Woman In Red Dress
Paul Herman - Schizo
Oliver Block - Freddie Benson
Mark Ballou - Derek
Kimberlee M. Davis - Cynthia Benson
Vinnie Capone - Photon Laser Gunfighter
Josh Clark - Mr. Baskin
Kevin Meaney - 2nd Executive
Jon Lovitz - Scotty Brennen
Jon Levita
Paul L.Q. Lee - 4th Executive
George J. Manos - Limousine Driver
Peter McRobbie - Executive #3
Lela Ivey - Bank Teller
Dana Kaminski - Personnel Receptionist
Bruce Jarchow - Photographer
Samantha Larkin - Girl Friend of Cynthia
Erika Katz - Cynthia's Friend
Gary Klar - Ticket Taker

Crew for Big

Penny Marshall - Director
James L. Brooks - Producer / Co-producer
Robert Greenhut - Producer / Co-producer
Juliet Taylor - Producer / Casting
Gary Ross - Screenwriter / Co-producer
Anne Spielberg - Screenwriter / Co-producer
Barry Sonnenfeld - Cinematographer
Judianna Makovsky - Composer (Music Score) / Costume Designer
Howard Shore - Composer (Music Score)
Barry Malkin - Editor
Santo Loquasto - Production Designer
Speed Hopkins - Art Director
Thomas Warren - Art Director
Tom Warren - Art Director
Alan Bergman - Songwriter
Marilyn Bergman - Songwriter
Kimberly A. Bradstreet - Songwriter
Hoagy Carmichael - Songwriter
Mario Cipolina - Songwriter
Johnny Colla - Songwriter
Joel Frankel - Songwriter
Billie Gibson - Songwriter
Bobby Gosh - Songwriter
Marvin Hamlisch - Songwriter
Chris Hayes - Songwriter
Sean Hopper - Songwriter
Billy Idol - Songwriter
Huey Lewis - Songwriter
Frank Loesser - Songwriter
Glenn Miller - Songwriter
David Pomeranz - Songwriter
Patrice Rushen - Songwriter
Steve Stevens - Songwriter
Freddie Washington - Songwriter
Susan Bode - Set Designer
George De Titta, Jr. - Set Designer
Paula Abdul - Choreography
Pat Birch - Choreography
Mickey Scott - Makeup
Tony Jannelli - Camera Operator
Les Lazarowitz - Sound/Sound Designer

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