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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.
1988 · Directed by Penny Marshall · 104 min · Fantasy · Drama · Comedy · 14 frames
Tagline
Have you ever had a really big secret?
Crew
- Written by: Anne Spielberg, Gary Ross
- Cinematography: Barry Sonnenfeld
- Edited by: Barry Malkin
- Music: Howard Shore
- Production design: Santo Loquasto
- Produced by: James L. Brooks, Robert Greenhut
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Josh
- Elizabeth Perkins as Susan
- Robert Loggia as MacMillan
- John Heard as Paul
- Jared Rushton as Billy
- Jon Lovitz as Scotty Brennen
- David Moscow as Young Josh
- Mercedes Ruehl as Mrs. Baskin
- Harvey Miller as Personnel Director
- Debra Jo Rupp as Miss Patterson
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: American Entertainment Partners II L.P., Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Box office: $151,927,281
- Themes: baseball, coming of age, best friend, co-workers relationship, body-swap, magic realism, bronx, new york city, nostalgic, pinball machine, toy maker
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