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2003 · 125 min · PG-13

Big Fish

Directed by Tim Burton · Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

Big Fish (2003) is a Adventure film, directed by Tim Burton set in Alabama during the 1950s–2000s. It runs 125 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Themes of family & loyalty, memory & nostalgia, and mortality & aging play out through frame narrative and episodic chapters.

Composer
Danny Elfman
Cinematography
Philippe Rousselot
Cast
Ewan McGregorAlbert FinneyBilly CrudupJessica LangeHelena Bonham CarterAlison LohmanRobert GuillaumeMarion Cotillard

The world of this film

Setting

Where
Alabama
Setting
Rural
When
1950s2000s

Premise & themes

Themes
Family & LoyaltyMemory & NostalgiaMortality & Aging
Structure
Frame NarrativeEpisodic ChaptersUnreliable Narrator
Tone
WhimsicalMelancholicNostalgic

Shape

Protagonist
Two Hander
Pacing
Measured
Based on
Pure Fiction

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