Big fish
2006
DVD
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
Item Details
ISBN: 1404930388
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
Target Audience Note: CHVR: PG.
Notes:
- Title from container.
- For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
- Based on the book "Big fish: a novel of mythic proportions" by Daniel Wallace.
- Special features: four film featurettes: "Tim Burton: storyteller", "A fairytale world" "Creature features - the magic of Stan Winston Studios, "The author's journey" - Daniel Wallace's story from page to screen; three character features: "Edward Bloom at large" - take a look at the larger than life world of Edward Bloom, "Amos at the Circus" - Danny DeVito takes viewers through the Calloway Circus, "Fathers and sons" - examines the father and son dynamic; audio commentary with Tim Burton; the finer points - a Tim Burton trivia quiz; interactive trivia game.
- Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; visual effects supervisor, Kevin Scott Mack ; special effects supervisor, Hans Metz.
- Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McGrory.
- DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
- For private home use only.
- Includes audio tracks in English and French with subtitles in English, and French.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- 15641
- 00837
Control Number: 876213
UPC:
- 043396008373
- 043396156418
- 043396008373
Subjects:
- Fathers and sons -- Drama.
- Storytelling -- Drama.
- Tall tales -- Drama.
- Wallace, Dan. Big fish -- Film adaptations.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Atwood, Colleen.
- August, John.
- Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966-
- Burton, Tim, 1958-
- Cohen, Bruce, 1961-
- Columbia Pictures Corporation.
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Cotillard, Marion, 1975-
- Crudup, Billy, 1968-
- Elfman, Danny.
- Finney, Albert, 1936-2019.
- Gassner, Dennis.
- Guillaume, Robert.
- Jinks, Dan.
- Jinks/Cohen Company.
- Lange, Jessica.
- Lebenzon, Chris.
- Lohman, Alison, 1979-
- McGregor, Ewan, 1971-
- McGrory, Matthew, 1973-2005.
- Rousselot, Philippe, 1945-
- Wallace, Dan. Big fish DVD.
- Zanuck Company.
- Zanuck, Richard D.