Search - Big [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Watch With Your Kids Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 10/05/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 29 Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, Fantasy Comedy See Also: Big [Fullscreen], Big [Widescreen], Big [Director's Cut], Big [Widescreen] [Extended Cut] [Blu-ray]

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, All Movie Guide

Tom Hanks - Josh Baskin
Elizabeth Perkins - Susan Lawrence
John Heard - Paul Davenport
Jared Rushton - Billy Kopeche
Robert Loggia - "Mac" MacMillan

Penny Marshall's popular fantasy comedy Big comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Spanish subtitles are accessible, and the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials are limited to trailers. Considering the popularity of the film and Tom Hanks, it would seem likely that this is a movie that will be revisited with a special edition release. Until that time, the film's many fans will have to accept this pedestrian edition from 20th Century Fox. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide