Big

Theatrical - Wide 1988-06-03

Cast Tom Hanks Elizabeth Perkins Robert Loggia John Heard Jared Rushton
Directed by Penny Marshall

Box Office Gross: $151,927,281

Running Time: 104 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: American Entertainment Partners II L.P., Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox

Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy

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When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy... See more inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

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