TY - ADVS AU - Burton,Tim AU - Zanuck,Richard D. AU - Cohen,Bruce AU - Jinks,Dan AU - August,John AU - McGregor,Ewan AU - Finney,Albert AU - Crudup,Billy AU - Lange,Jessica AU - Bonham Carter,Helena AU - Lohman,Alison AU - Guillaume,Robert AU - Cotillard,Marion AU - Rousselot,Philippe AU - Lebenzon,Chris AU - Elfman,Danny AU - Atwood,Colleen AU - Gassner,Dennis AU - Wallace,Daniel ED - Jinks/Cohen Company. ED - Columbia Pictures. ED - Zanuck Company. ED - Jinks/Cohen Company (Firm) ED - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - Big fish SN - 1404930388 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2004///] CY - Burbank, Calif. PB - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment KW - Wallace, Daniel, KW - Terminally ill parents KW - Drama KW - Fathers and sons KW - Tall tales KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2003; Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace; Aspect ratio 1.85; Special features: commentary by director Tim Burton ; Tim Burton featurettes ; Edward Bloom at large (take a look at the larger than life world of Edward Bloom); Amos at the Circus (Danny DeVito takes viewers through the Calloway Circus); Fathers and sons (examines the father and son dynamic); Tim Burton: storyteller (how Big fish was made); A fairytale world (the importance of fairytales and myths and how these elements were incorporated into Big fish); Creature features (explore Stan Winston Studios); the author's journey (Daniel Wallace and John August discuss the origins and inspirations for Big fish); The finer points (A Tim Burton trivia quiz); Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; visual effects supervisor, Kevin Scott Mack ; special effects supervisor, Hans Metz; Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard; MPAA rating: PG-13; for a fight scene, some images of nudity and a suggestive reference; MPAA rating: PG-13 N2 - 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. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property; The story revolves around a dying father and his son. Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites. In his later years, he remains a mystery to his son, William, who begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing tales ER -