does anyone want to chat about Big Fish?

[MacGuffin]

From Entertainment Weekly:



Always at home with grotesques, Tim Burton unveils a whole gallery of them in his take on Daniel Wallace's Southern-fried novel ''Big Fish,'' as adapted by ''Charlie's Angels'' scribe August (who also wrote ''Go''). The colorful characters include a witchy swamp woman played by Helena Bonham Carter (with whom Burton will have a child in September), a P.T. Barnum-esque circus ringmaster (Danny DeVito), and a sheep-eating giant (the 7-foot-4-inch Matthew McGrory).

They're all tall-tale figments in the mind of a salesman (Albert Finney) dying of cancer in Alabama. His journalist son (Billy Crudup) grudgingly returns home and tries to cope with listening, one last time, to a passel of outlandish stories that have always embarrassed and confused him, since they obscure the facts of his father's life. Says Ewan McGregor, who plays the Finney character's hale, imagined younger self in flashbacks, ''I think it will be quite upsetting for people who've lost their parents and didn't rectify with them.'' (Cast and crew were struck by McGregor's resemblance to Finney in his mid-1960s prime.)

McGregor relished trading in the blue-screen-dominated, fencing-with-empty-air sort of work he's had to do in the ''Star Wars'' films for trickery accomplished mainly with sets and makeup. ''It's not satisfying to be in an empty blue space,'' he says. ''Yes, you can lay in all the effects afterwards, but it's very boring and it's very expensive.''

Finney, meanwhile, had a fine time discovering Burton's affection for actors. ''I didn't know him before this,'' he says. ''He's very solicitous that you feel happy with each shot.'' As for the director's idiosyncratic methods, Finney offers praise with a hint of puzzlement. ''His imagination and his thought processes skip about constantly,'' he says. ''It's hard to, as it were, sit him in a chair and say, 'What do you mean?' He gets to it by being here, there, and everywhere, and he gradually gets to what he wants. I suppose it's by elimination in some way.''

[chainsmoking insomniac]

I don't know, kind of a waste of talent. Burton could have assembled that cast and budget for a good script instead of Mars Attacks!

But dude, the movie was fucking hilarious!  Sure it was cheese in alot of parts, but it was fun!

[MacGuffin]

Tim Burton's Big Fish Pushed Back
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Director Tim Burton's Big Fish, about a man coming to terms with his dying father, is being held back from wide release by two months to give the marketing campaign more time.

The film had originally been set for a wide release November 26 to take advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday, but Sony Pictures now plans a platform release in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto beginning December 18. It will eventually go into wide release in 2,500 theaters January 23.

Because the film bows on a Thursday, it will be sandwiched between the scheduled December 17 opening of New Line The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King the day before and Mona Lisa Smile the day after.

[bonanzataz]

Tim Burton's Big Fish Pushed Back
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Director Tim Burton's Big Fish, about a man coming to terms with his dying father, is being held back from wide release by two months to give the marketing campaign more time.

The film had originally been set for a wide release November 26 to take advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday, but Sony Pictures now plans a platform release in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto beginning December 18. It will eventually go into wide release in 2,500 theaters January 23.

Because the film bows on a Thursday, it will be sandwiched between the scheduled December 17 opening of New Line The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King the day before and Mona Lisa Smile the day after.

it's adaptation and punch drunk love all over again. GOOD JOB, SONY!

[Fernando]

Tim Burton's Big Fish Pushed Back
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Director Tim Burton's Big Fish, about a man coming to terms with his dying father, is being held back from wide release by two months to give the marketing campaign more time.

The film had originally been set for a wide release November 26 to take advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday, but Sony Pictures now plans a platform release in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto beginning December 18. It will eventually go into wide release in 2,500 theaters January 23.

Because the film bows on a Thursday, it will be sandwiched between the scheduled December 17 opening of New Line The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King the day before and Mona Lisa Smile the day after.

it's adaptation and punch drunk love all over again. GOOD JOB, SONY!

That's exactly what I thought, it seems that sometimes the studios tend to make the same mistakes; I wonder if Burton is still working on the film, there are still some weak dates to come, e.g. sep/26, oct/3, oct/31 and the original release date.

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bigger poster...



no squinting neccessary

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Slight adjustment to Big Fish's release dates.  They are now December 10th in LA/NY, December 19th in select cities and January 23rd, 2004 in wide release.

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some BIG FISH production photos...

[Alethia]

oh my...........

[russiasusha]

Where's the trailer at!

Some one put me out of my misery and tell me where it's at!

[Ghostboy]

This looks SOOO good I can't believe it.

[edison]

Great pics, i want to see some footage!!!

[bonanzataz]

too bad it's getting BURIED!!!!!

AAAH! IT MAKES ME SO MAD!

[ElPandaRoyal]

Fuck!!!!!! This movie will be just GREAT. GREEEEEEEEAT.

Sorry, but after taking a look at the production pics...... damn..... Tim Burton's return to high form is close and I just can't wait to see it.

[Gold Trumpet]

For some reason, I think the uniqueness in the imagery is what will mainly be on display for this film. Typical Burton. I really don't care for him as a director.

~rougerum