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A story about a son trying to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths his father told him about himself.

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Director:
Tim Burton
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Wallace (novel)
John August (screenplay)
Release Date:
9 January 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Comedy | Adventure more
Tagline:
An adventure as big as life itself.
Plot:
A story about a son trying to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths his father told him about himself. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 32 nominations more
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Ewan McGregor ... Ed Bloom - Young

Albert Finney ... Ed Bloom - Senior

Billy Crudup ... Will Bloom

Jessica Lange ... Sandra Bloom

Helena Bonham Carter ... Jenny - Young & Senior / The Witch

Alison Lohman ... Sandra Templeton Bloom

Robert Guillaume ... Dr. Bennett - Senior
Marion Cotillard ... Josephine
Matthew McGrory ... Karl the Giant

David Denman ... Don Price
Missi Pyle ... Mildred
Loudon Wainwright III ... Beamen (as Loudon Wainwright)

Ada Tai ... Ping

Arlene Tai ... Jing

Steve Buscemi ... Norther Winslow

Danny DeVito ... Amos Calloway

Deep Roy ... Mr. Soggybottom
Perry Walston ... Ed Bloom - Age 10

Hailey Anne Nelson ... Jenny - Age 8

Grayson Stone ... Young Will Bloom

R. Keith Harris ... Ed's Father

Karla Droege ... Ed's Mother

Zac Gardner ... Zacky Price (as Zachary Gardner)

John Lowell ... Don Price - Age 12
Darrell Vanterpool ... Wilbur Freely

Miley Cyrus ... Ruthie (as Destiny Cyrus)
Joseph Humphrey ... Little Brave

Morgan Grace Jarrett ... Will's Date
Sallie Hedrick ... Pretty Girl
Charles McLawhorn ... Mayor

Frank Hoyt Taylor ... Sharecropper
Savanna James ... Little Girl
Billy Redden ... Banjo Man

James DeForest Parker ... Shotgun Toter

Russell Hodgkinson ... Some Farmer
Don Young ... Shephard
Jayne Morgan ... Townsperson
David Ramsey ... Townsperson
Greg Hohn ... Townsperson
Zach Hanner ... Cashier
George McArthur ... Colossus

Jeff Campbell ... Jump Leader

Lawrence Sykkmon ... Chinese Emcee

Bonnie Johnson ... Teller Woman
Howard Houston Jr. ... Piano Student

Joanne Pankow ... Heavy-Set Nurse

Trevor Gagnon ... Will's Son
Jacob Radford ... Kid
Karlos Walkes ... Dr. Bennett - Young
Cathy Berry ... Lobster Woman
John Fugate ... Side Show Barker

Daniel Wallace ... Econ Professor

Metz Duites ... Ventriloquist
Vincent J. Ybiernas ... Asian Officer (as Vincent Ybiernas)
Barry C. Harvard ... Chicken Plant Operator
Edward Aldag ... Municipal Dump Owner
Michael Garnet Stewart ... Auctioneer
C. Alan Rawlins ... Pretty Man (as Alan Rawlins)
Jake Brake ... Old Zacky

Bevin Kaye ... River Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Castile ... (unconfirmed)

Brandon Carroll ... Spectre Citizen (uncredited)
Chris Cate ... Spectre Citizen (uncredited)
Ransom Gates ... Big Butt Clown (uncredited)
Haley Hill ... Little Girl (uncredited)
L.C. Holt ... Spectre Citizen (uncredited)
Mark McWhorter ... Army Officer (uncredited)
Matthew D. Miller ... '50s Farmer (uncredited)

Darlene Moore ... County Fair Patron (uncredited)
Gary Newton ... Circus Announcer / Contortionist / Korean Fighter (voice) (uncredited)

Benjamin Plaut ... Circus Patron (uncredited)
Cade Saint ... Mourner at Funeral (uncredited)
Michael Shunnarah ... John - Circus worker (uncredited)
Will Thomas ... Spectre Citizen (uncredited)
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Directed by
Tim Burton 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Daniel Wallace (novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions")

John August (screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce Cohen .... producer
Katterli Frauenfelder .... associate producer
Dan Jinks .... producer
Arne Schmidt .... executive producer (as Arne L. Schmidt)
Richard D. Zanuck .... producer
 
Original Music by
Danny Elfman 
 
Cinematography by
Philippe Rousselot 
 
Film Editing by
Chris Lebenzon 
 
Casting by
Denise Chamian 
 
Production Design by
Dennis Gassner 
 
Art Direction by
Roy Barnes 
Jean-Michel Ducourty 
Robert Fechtman 
Jack Johnson 
Richard L. Johnson 
 
Set Decoration by
Nancy Haigh 
 
Costume Design by
Colleen Atwood 
Donna O'Neal 
 
Makeup Department
Coni Andress .... hair stylist
Gloria Belz .... makeup artist
Jean Ann Black .... makeup department head (as Jean A. Black)
Susan Buffington .... hair stylist
Linda De Andrea .... hair department head
Joseph P. Hurt .... assistant makeup artist
Sandy Jo Johnston .... makeup artist
Herita Jones .... additional makeup artist
Linda Kamp .... makeup artist
Emily Katz .... specialty makeup artist: Steve Buscemi & Loudon Wainwright
Karen Lovell .... crowd hair coordinator
Robert Maverick .... special makeup effects artist
Cindy Miguens .... additional makeup artist
Dorothy J. Pearl .... makeup artist: Ms. Lange (as Dorothy Pearl)
Donna M. Premick .... makeup artist
Justin Raleigh .... special makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
John Rosengrant .... special makeup effects artist
Jennifer Santiago .... assistant hair stylist
Mike Smithson .... makeup artist
Gabriel Solana .... special makeup effects artist
Linda Thompson .... assistant hair stylist
Arjen Tuiten .... special makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Denise Tunnell .... makeup artist
Chris Varosky .... makeup artist
Michelle Vittone .... makeup artist: Mr. McGregor (as Michelle Vittone-McNeil)
Scott Wheeler .... special makeup effects artist
Linda Williams .... hair stylist
Beka Wilson .... assistant hair stylist
Leigh Ann Yandle .... makeup artist
Linda Boykin-Williams .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Deborah Brozovich .... additional hair stylist (uncredited)
Susan 'Star' Orr .... hair stylist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Debra James .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stéphanie Champault .... second assistant director: Paris
Carlos De La Torre .... second second assistant director
Katterli Frauenfelder .... first assistant director
Tommy Harper .... first assistant director: second unit (as Thomy Harper)
Tommy Harper .... second assistant director (as Thomy Harper)
Vanessa Mujica .... third assistant director: Paris
William Pruss .... first assistant director: Paris
Robert 'Skid' Skidmore .... second second assistant director
Hans Titze .... third assistant director: Paris
 
Art Department
Paige Augustine .... assistant set decorator
Chris Baker .... storyboard artist
Pedro Barquin .... stand-by greensman
Sean Bernard .... paint foreman
Jack Blanchard .... set dresser
Dawn Brown .... set designer
Hunter Brown .... carpenter
Dianne Chadwick .... graphic designer
Rick Chavez .... assistant property master
Daniel B. Clancy .... assistant set decorator
Jon Copley .... construction auditor
Kelly Cornwell .... art production assistant
Chris Cummings .... art department coordinator
James M. Davis .... construction foreman
Jeffrey DeBell .... greens gang boss
Val I. Deikov .... sculptor gang boss
Benjamin Edelberg .... lead model maker
Michael J. Flynn .... greensman
Daniel B. Foster .... set dresser
Daniel J. Gillooly .... greens coordinator
Jacky Hardouin .... chief carpenter
Roland Heart .... carpenter
Michael Anthony Jackson .... visual consultant
Leslie 'Tinker' Linville .... gang boss
Robert Loring Jr. .... greens foreman
Scott Lukowski .... concept model maker
Annie Lynch .... art production assistant
Warren Manser .... illustrator
Mike Monckton .... lead signwriter
John W. Morgan .... paint foreman
Jerry Moss .... property master
Jon Nicholson .... on-set dresser
Richard 'Rocky' Nichols .... assistant property master
Robert Tate Nichols .... set dresser
Debbie Nolan .... propmaker
James Passanante .... lead scenic
Jeff Passanante .... construction coordinator
Andrew Petrotta .... assistant property master
Brett Phillips .... set designer
Sara Philpott .... set dressing coordinator
Jonathan Short .... set designer
Aaron Sims .... character designer
Lance Totten .... set dresser
Scott Troha .... leadman
James Van Houten .... lead sculptor
Christina Ann Wilson .... assistant art director (as Christy Wilson)
Hannah M. Hinkel .... prop coordinator (uncredited)
Windi Robinson .... painter (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Mark Agostino .... ProTools playback operator
Craig Berkey .... sound effects designer
Ted Caplan .... sound effects editor
Susan Dawes .... dialogue editor
Teri E. Dorman .... supervising dialogue editor
Ezra Dweck .... sound effects editor
Carl Fischer .... boom operator
Kimberly Harris .... supervising adr editor
Matthew Harrison .... foley editor (as Matt Harrison)
Gary A. Hecker .... foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Petur Hliddal .... production sound mixer
Sean Landeros .... sound recordist
Tony Lewis .... auricle operator
Skip Lievsay .... supervising sound editor
Howard London .... adr mixer
Melissa Lytle .... assistant sound editor
Victoria Martin .... supervising dialogue editor
Kevin O'Connell .... supervising sound mixer
Jeremy Peirson .... sound effects editor
Steve F. Price .... assistant sound editor
Michael Rayle .... cable person
Katherine Rose .... foley artist (as Catherine Rose)
Brian Ruberg .... foley mixer
Greg P. Russell .... supervising sound mixer
Dan Sharp .... sound re-recordist
Brian P. Williams .... sound re-recordist
David Wolowic .... assistant sound editor
Ulrika Akander .... dialogue editor (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Eric Allard .... special effects set supervisor
Robin A. Linn .... animation production director
Lindsay MacGowan .... effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio
Lindsay MacGowan .... puppeteer
Shane Mahan .... key artist: Stan Winston Studio
Shane Mahan .... puppeteer
Keith Marbory .... special effects supervisor
Hans Metz .... special effects supervisor
Stan Parks .... special effects director
Alan Scott .... effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio
Tony Vandenecker .... puppeteer
Tony Vandenecker .... special effects technician
Stan Winston .... special effects director
Evan Schiff .... systems administrator: Stan Winston Studio (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor .... visual effects producer: MPC
Victoria Alonso .... visual effects producer
Christopher Arreola .... lead film scanning
Scott Berri .... production assistant: Imageworks
Rob Blue .... digital artist: SPI
Christian Boudman .... digital compositor
Paul Brannan .... data operator: MPC
Paul Brannan .... render wrangler: MPC
Andre Brizard .... digital artist: MPC
Max Bruce .... digital artist
Timothy Michael Cairns .... quality control supervisor: Efilm/Panavision
Mitch Cockerham .... technical animator
Nicolle Cornute .... paint & roto lead
Sean C. Cunningham .... digital effects artist: SPI
Lisa Deaner .... digital effects artist
Colin Drobnis .... visual effects technical director
Michael Duhatschek .... modeler
Travis Dutch .... scanning and recording
Paddy Eason .... digital effects supervisor: MPC
Michael Elson .... head of production: MPC
Jenny Fulle .... visual effects executive producer
Joshua Geisler-Amhowitz .... digital matte painter
Richard Grandy .... digital character lead
Nic Hatch .... digital artist: MPC
Erica Hornung .... senior match mover: SPI
Adrian Iler .... color and lighting
Michael Kaelin .... paint/rotoscope artist: Sony
Blaine Kennison .... technical director: SPI
David Keslick .... scanning technician
Tim Ketzer .... digital artist: MPC
Tom Kimberley .... roto/paint artist: MPC
Ryan Knowles .... digital film recordist
Stephen Kowalski .... senior systems engineer
Lea Lambert .... rotoscoper
Douglas Larmour .... digital artist: MPC
Philippa Leathers .... digital film recordist
Kevin Lin .... digital cleanup artist
Kevin Scott Mack .... visual effects supervisor
Seth Maury .... computer graphics supervisor
Paul McGhee .... digital color timer: SPI
Ben Morgan .... digital artist: MPC
Adam Moura .... compositor: Sony Imageworks
Robert Davis Oh .... film recording technician
Andrea Lackey Pace .... senior production services technician
Steve Rhee .... visual effects editor: SPI
Allen Ruilova .... digital effects artist: SPI
Denis Samoilov .... digital character animator
John E. Sasaki .... digital compositor
Gunther Schatz .... digital visual effects artist
Ben Shepherd .... CGI supervisor: MPC
Brad Simonsen .... digital production manager
Eddie Soria .... visual effects digital associate coordinator
Chikako Terashita .... senior production services technician
Brian Terwilliger .... visual effects plate coordinator
John Wallin .... digital artist: MPC
Daniel Walton .... digital artist
Barry Weiss .... senior staff: SPI
Sheila Wickens .... digital compositor: MPC (as Sheila Gorman)
Simon Wicker .... digital artist: MPC
Ned Wilson .... lead production services technician
Kathleen Woolery .... digital color timing coordinator
Amit Agrawal .... software supervisor: SPI (uncredited)
Aimee Campbell .... senior matchmover: SPI (uncredited)
Danielle Conroy .... director of digital production: SPI (uncredited)
Martyn Drake .... systems: MPC (uncredited)
Michelle Martin .... visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai .... data manager (uncredited)
George Richman .... senior production services technician: SPI (uncredited)
Mitch Zeitlin .... video editorial coordinator: SPI (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Charles Croughwell .... stunt coordinator
Michelle Croughwell .... stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks .... stunts (as Corey Eubanks)
Richie Gaona .... stunt performer
Sean Graham .... stunts
Yoshio Iizuka .... stunts
Billy Morts .... stunts
Jonathan Nosan .... stunts
John Radcliff .... utility stunts (as Johnny Rad)
Mika Saito .... stunts
Spencer Sano .... stunts
Scott Sproule .... stunts
Sonny Tipton .... stunts
Darlene Ava Williams .... stunts (as Darlene Williams)
Brian Avery .... stunts (uncredited)
Joni Avery .... stunt performer (uncredited)
Jake Brake .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Ian Calip .... stunt double (uncredited)
Brycen Counts .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Michael Forte .... stunt driver (uncredited)
Adam Fox .... stunts (uncredited)
Derek Frey .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Ransom Gates .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Al Goto .... stunts (uncredited)
Al Goto .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Sean Graham .... stunt double (uncredited)
Bill Little .... stunts (uncredited)
Denney Pierce .... stunts (uncredited)
Shaun Roberts .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Scott Sproule .... stunt rigger (uncredited)
Ryan Welch .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Boni Yanagisawa .... utility stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Paige Augustine .... gang boss
Rocky Babcock .... libra head operator
James Babineaux .... assistant chief lighting technician
Bryan Booth .... electrician
Branch M. Brunson .... rigging assistant chief lighting technician
Xiomara Comrie .... assistant camera
Dan Cornwall .... electrician
Jeff W. Curtis .... grip
Robert DiGiacomo .... assistant camera
David Ellis .... rigging electrician
Jack English .... gaffer
Erik A. Erichsen .... electrician
Guy Ferrandis .... still photographer
Jos'h Hancher .... film loader
Darryl Humber .... dolly grip
Dennis J. Lootens .... rigging gaffer
Bobby McMahan .... assistant camera
Daniel P. Moore .... video operator
Glenn E. Moran .... electrician
Glenn E. Moran .... set lighting technician
David Norris .... camera operator: Wescam camera
Jesse Wayne Parker .... key rigging grip (as Wayne Parker)
C. Alan Rawlins .... key grip (as Alan Rawlins)
Pamela Rittelmeyer .... assistant camera
Zade Rosenthal .... still photographer
Jacob Ross .... grip
Alan M. Rowe .... automated lighting programmer
Ted Sapp .... best boy rigging grip
Riko Schatke .... best boy grip
Thom Shepard .... grip
Louis Smith .... second assistant camera
John E. Stephens .... crane operator: Technocrane
Stephen Thorp .... electrician (as Steve Thorpe)
Mike Tyson .... electrician
Peter Taylor .... additional video assist (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Bill Diaz .... supervising animator
 
Casting Department
Maryellen Aviano .... extras casting coordinator
Dena Berman .... casting associate
Janella Bersabal .... extras casting assistant
Barbara Harris .... voice casting
Ingrid Jungermann .... casting assistant
Ingrid Jungermann .... extras casting
Kari Mills .... extras casting assistant
Karen Faith Rothwell .... extras casting assistant
Paige Wilbanks .... casting assistant
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Deborah Ambrosino .... specialty costume keyperson
Susan Antonelli .... set costumer
Amy Arnold .... costumer
Cha Blevins .... costume supervisor
Christine Cantella .... costumer
Lee Clayton .... costume cutter
Lee Clayton .... tailor
Janelle Cochrane .... costumer
Ian Davis .... wardrobe
Brenda Donoho .... set costumer
Diana Edgmon .... costumer
Zandra Harding .... daily set costumer
Seth Hendrix .... costume production assistant
Nancy Jarzynko .... costumer
Jimmy Jay .... set costumer
Rosalida Medina .... costumer
Alice Powell .... seamstress
Thomas Sjolander .... embroidery
Michelle Skoby .... assistant costume designer
Dale Wibben .... head cutter/fitter
Joulles Wright .... set costumer
Suzy Freeman .... costumer (uncredited)
Barry Kellogg .... costumer (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Michel Aller .... first assistant editor (as Michel Markus)
Meredith Apel .... assistant editor
Steve Bowen .... color timer
Ben Estrada .... digital colorist assistant
Mo Henry .... negative cutter
Curtis Lindersmith .... digital intermediate editor
Nadia Naimi .... assistant editor: UK
Joel Negron .... additional editor
Marc Pattavina .... apprentice editor
Julie Saegert .... post-production assistant
Michael R. Taylor .... post-production assistant
Rebecca Weigold .... assistant editor