Big Fish (2003)
| Release Date | 10 December 2003 |
| Budget | $70,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $66,000,000 |
| Tagline | An adventure as big as life itself. |
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Alabama, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Fantasy Comedy, Family Drama |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Mood | Mood Enhancers, Fantastic Reality |
| Themes | Journey of Self-Discovery, Fathers and Sons, Estrangement, Small-Town Life, Circuses & Carnivals |
| Tones | Reflective, Bittersweet, Whimsical, Stylized, Fanciful, Sentimental, Heartwarming |
| Tags | Circus, Family History, Father, Fish [animal], Giant, Parent/child Relationship, Siamese Twins, Soldier |
Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy adventure film based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, and Jessica Lange. Finney plays Edward Bloom, a former traveling salesman from the Southern United States with a gift for storytelling, now confined to his deathbed. Bloom's estranged son, a journalist played by Crudup, attempts to mend their relationship as his dying father relates tall tales of his eventful life as a young adult, played by Ewan McGregor.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Ada Tai
Ping
Arlene Tai
Jing
Perry Walston
Ed Bloom - Age 10
Grayson Stone
Young Will Bloom
R. Keith Harris
Ed's Father
Karla Droege
Ed's Mother
John Lowell
Don Price - Age 12
Darrell Vanterpool
Wilbur Freely
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
Jacob Radford
Kid
Karlos Walkes
Dr. Bennett - Young
Cathy Berry
Lobster Woman
John Fugate
Side Show Barker
Metz Duites
Ventriloquist
Vincent J. Ybiernas
Asian Officer
Barry C. Harvard
Chicken Plant Operator
Edward Aldag
Municipal Dump Owner
Michael Garnet Stewart
Auctioneer
C. Alan Rawlins
Pretty Man
Jake Brake
Old Zacky
Bevin Kaye
River Woman
Jonathan Castile
Chris Cate
Spectre Citizen
John Collier
Parade Spectator
Ransom Gates
Big Butt Clown
Haley Hill
Little Girl
L.C. Holt
Spectre Citizen
Mark McWhorter
Army Officer
Matthew D. Miller
'50s Farmer
Darlene Moore
County Fair Patron
Gary Newton
Circus Announcer, Korean Fighter , Contortionist
Benjamin Plaut
Circus Patron
Cade Saint
Mourner at Funeral
Michael Shunnarah
John - Circus worker
Will Thomas
Spectre Citizen
Shayne Tingle
Paratrooper
Director
Writer
Producer
Katterli Frauenfelder
associate producer
Dan Jinks
producer
Arne Schmidt
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Philippe Rousselot
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Editor
Casting Director
Denise Chamian
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Production Designer
Dennis Gassner
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Art Director
Roy Barnes
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Jean-Michel Ducourty
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Robert Fechtman
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Jack Johnson
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Richard L. Johnson
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Set Decorator
Nancy Haigh
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Costume Designer
Colleen Atwood
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Donna O'Neal
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Makeup Department
Coni Andress
hair stylist
Gloria Belz
makeup artist
Jean Ann Black
makeup department head
Sherri Bramlett
hair stylist
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
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
Dawn Turner
hair stylist
Chris Varosky
makeup artist
Michelle Vittone
makeup artist: Mr. McGregor
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
Deborah Brozovich
additional hair stylist
Susan 'Star' Orr
hair stylist
Production Manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stéphanie Champault
second assistant director: Paris
Katterli Frauenfelder
first assistant director
Tommy Harper
second assistant director, first assistant director: second unit
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
Joseph F. Beeco
carpenter
Franklin T. Bennett
scenic gang boss
Sean Bernard
paint foreman
Frank Blair
property assistant
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
John B. Clarey III
propmaker
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
John Eric Seay
prop maker
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
Hannah M. Hinkel
prop coordinator
Windi Robinson
painter
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
Gary A. Hecker
foley artist
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
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
Special Effects
Eric Allard
special effects set supervisor
Robin A. Linn
animation production director
Lindsay MacGowan
puppeteer, effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio
Shane Mahan
key artist: Stan Winston Studio, 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
special effects technician, puppeteer
Gary Yee
special effects makeup, creature effects crew
Evan Schiff
systems administrator: Stan Winston Studio
Visual Effects
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, 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
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 J. Terwilliger
visual effects plate coordinator
John Wallin
digital artist: MPC
Daniel Walton
digital artist
Barry Weiss
senior staff: SPI
Sheila Wickens
digital compositor: MPC
Simon Wicker
digital artist: MPC
Ned Wilson
lead production services technician
Kathleen Woolery
digital color timing coordinator
Amit Agrawal
software supervisor: SPI
Aimee Campbell
senior matchmover: SPI
Danielle Conroy
director of digital production: SPI
Martyn Drake
systems: MPC
Michelle Martin
visual effects coordinator
Thomas Mathai
data manager
George Richman
senior production services technician: SPI
Mitch Zeitlin
video editorial coordinator: SPI
Stunts
Charles Croughwell
stunt coordinator
Michelle Croughwell
stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks
stunts
Richie Gaona
stunt performer
Yoshio Iizuka
stunts
Billy Morts
stunts
Jonathan Nosan
stunts
John Radcliff
utility stunts
Mika Saito
stunts
Spencer Sano
stunts
Nathan Siebring
stunt performer
Sonny Tipton
stunts
Darlene Ava Williams
stunts
Brian Avery
stunts
Joni Avery
stunt performer
Jake Brake
utility stunts
Ian Calip
stunt double
Brycen Counts
utility stunts
Michael Forte
stunt driver
Adam Fox
stunts
Derek Frey
utility stunts
Ransom Gates
utility stunts
Al Goto
utility stunts, stunts
Sean Graham
stunt double, stunts
Bill Little
stunts
Denney Pierce
stunts
Shaun Roberts
utility stunts
Scott Sproule
stunt rigger, stunts
Ryan Welch
utility stunts
Boni Yanagisawa
utility stunts
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
set lighting technician, electrician
David Norris
camera operator: Wescam camera
Jesse Wayne Parker
key rigging grip
C. Alan Rawlins
key grip
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
Mike Tyson
electrician
Peter Taylor
additional video assist, additional video assistant
Animation Department
Bill Diaz
supervising animator
Denis Samoilov
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, 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
tailor, costume cutter
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
Felipe Sanchez
costume illustrator
Thomas Sjolander
embroidery
Michelle Skoby
assistant costume designer
Dale Wibben
head cutter/fitter
Joulles Wright
set costumer
Suzy Freeman
costumer
Barry Kellogg
costumer
Editorial Department
Michel Aller
first assistant editor
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
Music Department
Jeff Atmajian
orchestrator
Bob Badami
music supervisor
Steve Bartek
orchestrator
Jane Antonia Cornish
orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor
Jake Jackson
score recordist
Shie Rozow
assistant music editor
Dennis S. Sands
music scoring mixer
Ellen Segal
music editor
Edgardo Simone
orchestrator
David Slonaker
orchestrator
Jeanette Surga
music editor: temp music
Transportation Department
Michael Antunez
transportation coordinator
Don Baer
driver
Jon Bergholz
driver
Kim Magruder
driver
Ron Parsell
driver
Cindi Randall
driver
Mike Robinson
art driver
Bob 'Smitty' Smith
driver
John H. Stephens
driver
Timothy Stephens
driver
Olivier Suffert
production driver: Billy Crudup
Rick Kamen
picture vehicles
Norman P. Martin
picture vehicles
Other Crew
Segolene Amice
production secretary
Jason Arrington
key production assistant
Rick Baca
first assistant accountant
Jacob Bartol
production assistant
Brenda Berrisford
assistant: Mr. Zanuck
Dawn Blacksten
assistant location manager
Christine Bodelot
production accountant
Chamonix Bosch
set production assistant
Rémy Boudet
title designer
Chris Browne
craft service assistant
Mark Brown
production assistant
Jonathan Burdeshaw
foam sculptor
Ian Calip
set staff assistant
Tina Canny
production projectionist
Robin Citrin
location manager
Noelle Coughlan
second assistant accountant
Stephanie Crompton
assistant: Mr. Cohen
Mike Cunliffe
location manager
Steve Dale
production assistant
Williams Eva
circus talent coordinator
Mary Jane Faris
second assistant accountant
Kerin Ferallo
assistant production coordinator
John Findley III
assistant location manager
Dan Fischer
production assistant
Robert Foley
dog trainer
Adam Fox
staff set production assistant
Kelli Franklin
set production assistant
Derek Frey
assistant: Mr. Burton
Philippe Gallichet
chef: second unit
Isabelle Gautier
supervising location manager
Bradley Grant
caterer
David 'Cajun' Guilbeau
craft service
Raine Hall
key assistant location manager
Matt Heimlich
puppeteer
Amy Jackson
production assistant
Joan Johnson
assistant to executive producer
Mike Khalil
production assistant
Kasha Kropinski
adr artist
Aimee Lagos
production coordinator: Los Angeles
Richard J. Landon
animatronic animal constructor
Jonathan B. Lewis
production assistant: Wetumpka/Tallassee
Christopher S. Louis
accounting clerk
Paul Lowe
medic
Alfonzo Luna
assistant: Mr. Jinks
Jeremy McGuire
production assistant
Michael Meere
second assistant accountant
Carla Meyer
dialect coach
Matthew D. Miller
production assistant
Meyerer Miller
production office assistant
Niamh Murphy
textile artist
Jean Nakahara
assistant production coordinator
Geraldine Niche
production coordinator
Taylor Norton
production assistant
Cynthia Onrubia
choreographer
Micha Owens
production assistant
Alice M. Peschl
production assistant
Eileen Peterson
unit publicist
Jon Philion
technician: Libra Mount
May Porter
stand-in
John Radcliff
set production assistant
Shaun Roberts
staff set production assistant
Jayne Rogers
assistant dyer
Danny Sconyers
location team
Olivier Servanin
location manager: Paris
Kevin Shaner
medic
Marianne Shiffrar
payroll accountant
Rozanne Stark
set tutor
Janna Stern
script supervisor
Lisa Swain
production coordinator
Edwanna Tabb
office production assistant
Travis Taylor
production assistant
Michelle Elaine Teague
fitter
Ryan Welch
stand-in
Chad Wheeler
set production assistant
Jennifer Wilbert
production assistant
Nadine F. Wilson
production accountant
Dean Zanuck
production executive
Saxon Eldridge
assistant to cast
Amy Leigh Owen
accounting clerk
Senia Phillips
animal trainer
Joey Racca
production assistant
John Whitley
accounting clerk
Production Company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Jinks/Cohen Company
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Zanuck Company, The
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Tim Burton Productions
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Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Columbia Pictures
Bonton, a. s.
Buena Vista International
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Columbia TriStar Film
Columbia TriStar Films
Columbia TriStar Films
Columbia TriStar Films
Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina
Columbia TriStar Italia
Prooptiki
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Columbia TriStar Home Video
LK-TEL
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Prooptiki Video
RTL Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Special Effects
Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)
Moving Picture Company (MPC)
Stan Winston Studio
Miscellaneous
Central Casting
extras casting
ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes and dollies
EFilm
digital intermediate
Gearbox Sound and Vision
additional ProTools systems supplied by
Movie Movers
transportation
Pacific Title
digital opticals
Paskal Lighting
lighting equipment
Pivotal Post
Avid editing equipment provided by
Post Logic Studios
digital film mastering
Sony Classical
soundtrack published by
Sony Music Soundtrax
soundtrack published by
Sony Pictures Studios
sound post-production
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