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Big Fish

Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton. It is based on the 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito. It tells the…

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Based on
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace
Box office
$123.2 million
Budget
$70 million
Cinematography
Philippe Rousselot
Country
United States
Directed by
Tim Burton

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Big Fish

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Development · 28
Big Fish → About, At, August, Bruce Cohen, Can, Catch Me If You, Cohen, Columbia, Columbia Pictures, Dan Jinks, Daniel Wallace, DreamWorks, Edward Bloom, He, In August, In September, Jack Nicholson, Jinks, John August, Minority Report
related to Filming · 23
Big Fish → Alabama, April, Burton, Finney's, Flooding, Helena Bonham Carter's, Huntingdon College, Jackson Lake Island, January, Karl, May, McGregor's, Montgomery, Most, Paris, Principal, Scenes, Some, Spectre, Stan Winston Studios
related to Critical response · 22
Big Fish → Alison Lohman's, Audiences, Burton's, CinemaScore, Clark, Entertainment Weekly, Forrest Gump, Gleiberman, He, In, Metacritic, Mike Clark, On, Owen Gleiberman, Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, Rotten Tomatoes, Southern Gothic, The, Tim Burton
related to Thematic analysis · 17
Big Fish → August, August's, Both Will, Burton, Daniel Wallace's, Edward, Edward's, He, In, John August, Like Will, My, The, Wallace, We, Will, Will's
related to Post-production · 16
Big Fish → After, Although Burton, Burton, Burton's, Danny Elfman, Eddie, Eddie Vedder, He, Hour, Man, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam's, Southern Gothic, The, We
Starring · 10
Big Fish → Albert Finney, Alison Lohman, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Jessica Lange, Marion Cotillard, Robert Guillaume, Steve Buscemi
related to Release · 10
Big Fish → Columbia Pictures, December, Hammerstein Ballroom, It, January, Manhattan, November, The, The US, United States
related to External links · 5
Big Fish → Box Office MojoBig Fish, Fish, IMDbBig Fish, Official, Rotten Tomatoes
Production companies · 3
Big Fish → Columbia Pictures, Jinks/Cohen Company, The Zanuck Company
Release dates · 2
Big Fish → December 10, 2003 (2003-12-10) (United States), December 4, 2003 (2003-12-04) (Hammerstein Ballroom)

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Big FishBased onBig Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace1.00infobox
Big FishBox office$123.2 million1.00infobox
Big FishBudget$70 million1.00infobox
Big FishCinematographyPhilippe Rousselot1.00infobox
Big FishCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Big FishDirected byTim Burton1.00infobox
Big FishDistributed bySony Pictures Releasing1.00infobox
Big FishEdited byChris Lebenzon1.00infobox
Big FishLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Big FishMusic byDanny Elfman1.00infobox
Big FishProduced byRichard D. Zanuck Bruce Cohen Dan Jinks1.00infobox
Big FishProduction companiesColumbia Pictures1.00infobox
Big FishProduction companiesJinks/Cohen Company1.00infobox
Big FishProduction companiesThe Zanuck Company1.00infobox
Big FishRelease datesDecember 4, 2003 (2003-12-04) (Hammerstein Ballroom)1.00infobox
Big FishRelease datesDecember 10, 2003 (2003-12-10) (United States)1.00infobox
Big FishRunning time125 minutes1.00infobox
Big FishScreenplay byJohn August1.00infobox
Big FishStarringEwan McGregor1.00infobox
Big FishStarringAlbert Finney1.00infobox
Big FishStarringBilly Crudup1.00infobox
Big FishStarringJessica Lange1.00infobox
Big FishStarringHelena Bonham Carter1.00infobox
Big FishStarringAlison Lohman1.00infobox
Big FishStarringRobert Guillaume1.00infobox
Big FishStarringMarion Cotillard1.00infobox
Big FishStarringSteve Buscemi1.00infobox
Big FishStarringDanny DeVito1.00infobox
Big Fishis a2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton0.90text
Big Fishis aimpressive catch0.90text

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