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Movie: Big (1988)

• Director: Penny Marshall
• Release Date: 15 September 1988 (Hong Kong)
• Writers: Gary Ross (written by) & Anne Spielberg (written by)
• Run Time: 104 min | 130 min (extended edition)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Family , Fantasy , Romance  

Tagline: Have you ever had a really big secret?  

Trivia: The “Walking Piano” used in the film’s trademark scene was created by an Italian inventor named Remo Saraceni. Mr. Saraceni’s many musical inventions grace children’s organizations worldwide. As of 2008, his famous Walking Piano is currently being implemented into a piano instructional game called Piano Wizard made by Allegro Multimedia.
 

Goofs: Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Josh and the St. James Hotel guy are talking about the $10 deposit for the sheets, the man’s voice continues into the next shot without his mouth moving.
 

“A young boy makes a wish at a fairground machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that his wish has been granted and his body has grown older over night. But he is still the same 12 year old kid on the 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. What will he find out about this strange world? Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>”