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Big

Have you ever had a really big secret?

Big

1988-06-031 hour 44 minutes

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy 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.

Anne SpielbergScreenplay
Gary RossScreenplay

Top Billed Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Josh Baskin

Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins

Susan

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

MacMillan

John Heard

John Heard

Paul

Jared Rushton

Jared Rushton

Billy

David Moscow

David Moscow

Young Josh

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz

Scotty Brennen

Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

Mrs. Baskin

Josh Clark

Josh Clark

Mr. Baskin

Kimberlee M. Davis

Cynthia Benson

Oliver Block

Freddie Benson

Erika Katz

Cynthia's Friend

Allan Wasserman

Allan Wasserman

Gym Teacher

Mark Ballou

Mark Ballou

Derek

Gary Klar

Gary Klar

Ticket Taker

Alec Von Sommer

First Brother