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Big fish /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 00837 | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment00838 | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment15641 | Columbia PicturesLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1404930388
  • 9781404930384
Other title:
  • French title: Légende du gros poisson
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wallace, Daniel, 1959- Big fish
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .B54 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
"Academy Award nominee: Best Original Score (Danny Elfman) -- 4 Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture, Musical or Comedy and Best Supporting Actor."
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.
Awards:
  • Golden Globe nominations: Best picture Musical or comedy, Best Supporting Actor (Albert Finney), Best Song (Pearl Jam's "Man of the hour"), and Best Score, Danny Elfman ; Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Score, Danny Elfman.
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito.Summary: 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.
Holdings
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03265 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050307857

Based on the novel: Big fish / by Daniel Wallace.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Special features (52 min.) : Optional audio commentary by Burton -- The character's journey : "Edward Bloom at large" featurette (9 min.) ; "Amos at the Circus" featurette (with Danny DeVito, 5 min.) ; "Fathers and sons" featurette (7 min.) -- The filmmakers' path : "Tim Burton : storyteller" making-of featurette (7 min.) ; "A fairytale world" featurette (10 min.) ; "Creature features" featurette about Stan Winston Studios (6 min.) ; "The author's journey" featurette (with Daniel Wallace & John August, 8 min.) -- "The finer points": trivia quiz (about the career of Tim Burton) ; trailer (in previews: 3 min.).

"Academy Award nominee: Best Original Score (Danny Elfman) -- 4 Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture, Musical or Comedy and Best Supporting Actor."

MPAA rating: PG-13; for a fight scene, some images of nudity and a suggestive reference.

CHV rating: PG.

Closed captioning in English.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1); Dolby digital 5.1 (English) or Dolby digital surround (French).

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

Golden Globe nominations: Best picture Musical or comedy, Best Supporting Actor (Albert Finney), Best Song (Pearl Jam's "Man of the hour"), and Best Score, Danny Elfman ; Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Score, Danny Elfman.

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