Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2376 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-06-07
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish
• Dubbed in: Hungarian, Italian
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
After a string of mediocre movies, director Tim Burton regains his footing as he shifts from macabre fairy tales to southern tall tales. Big Fish twines in and out of the oversized stories of Edward Bloom, played as a young man by Ewan McGregor and as a dying father by Albert Finney. Edward's son Will (Billy Crudup) sits by his father's bedside but has little patience with the old man's fables, because he feels these stories have kept him from knowing who his father really is. Burton dives into Bloom's imagination with zest, sending the determined young man into haunted woods, an idealised southern town, a travelling circus and much more. The result is sweet but--thanks to the director's dark and clever sensibility--never saccharine. The film also features Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito and Steve Buscemi. --Bret Fetzer

DVD Description
Edward Bloom has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man, when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small-town in Alabama, around the world, and back again. His mythic exploits dart from the delightful to the delirious as he weaves epic tales about giants, blizzards, a witch and conjoined-twin lounge singers. With his larger-than-life stories, Bloom charms almost everyone he encounters except for his estranged son Will. When his mother, Sandra, tries to reunite them, Will must learn how to separate fact from fiction as he comes to terms with his father’s great feats and great failings.

Special Features

• Audio Commentary by Tim Burton
  
• Edward Bloom at Large featurette
  
• Amos at the Circus featurette
  
• Fathers and Sons featurette
  
• The Filmmakers' Path featurette
  
• A Fairytale World featurette
  
• Creature Features featurette
  
• The Author's Journey featurette
  
• The Finer Points - Tim Burton Trivia Quiz

DVD Technical Information:

• Running Time: 120 minutes
  
• Language: English, Hungarian, Italian
  
• Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish
  
• Audio: DTS 5.1 Surround
  
• Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic - 1.85:1
  
• Disc Type: DVD9
  
• Region Code: 2

Customer Reviews

Embarassing nonsense
This was the most embarrassing mess from Tim Burton. It should be deleted from his CV very quickly. It was so bad I thought that Ron Howard made it.
Synthetic rubbish. The story was like someone from Deliverance pitched a fairy tale to Walt Disney. I'm ashamed to have rented it, I felt like vomiting after it ended.

Burton does it again!
Once again Tim Burton pulls off a totaly original film unlike any you have ever seen before. The life of Edward Bloom is amazing and I love the stories which he tells his son, they are simply magical to hear. I wont ruin the ending for you but you will love it! 'The story...of my life'! Strongly recommended.

really unmissable
one of the most original, beautiful and heart warming movies of the last few years.. the blend between reality and fantasy is truly unique. if u like the surreal worlds tim burton creates, then u have to see it..it really is his best - not being as dark as other offerings from him- with ed scissorhands and ed wood coming second to my book... amazing storytelling, at times visually stunning and a great extended cast make this a gem of a film .. a celebration of life while exploring the disfunctional relationship between a father and a son.. Be prepared to share a tear towards the end :) 6 stars