Big Fish

Directed by: Tim Burton
Screenplay by: John August
Based by: Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, by Daniel Wallace
Produced by: Richard D. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison, Lohman, Robert, Guillaume, Marion Cotillard Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito
Music by: Danny Elfman
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Jinks/Cohen Company, The Zanuck Company
Release dates: December 4, 2003 (Hammerstein Ballroom), December 10, 2003 (United States)
Content: General

Plot: During William Bloom's wedding celebration, his father Edward reminisces about the day Will was born, claiming he caught a massive catfish using his wedding ring as bait. Will, who has heard these tales his whole life, thinks they are fabrications and becomes estranged from his father. Three years later, Edward is diagnosed with cancer, so Will and his pregnant French wife Joséphine spend time with his father in Will's childhood home in Alabama.

Edward's life unfolds through flashbacks, starting with his encounter with a witch in his hometown, Ashton. She reveals his death to him, but he remains unfazed. As he matures, he feels trapped in his home and embarks on a journey with a misunderstood giant named Karl, who becomes part of a travelling circus.

Edward and Karl stumble upon a fork in the road and decide to take different paths. Edward chooses to venture through a swamp and stumbles upon the hidden town of Spectre. In Spectre, he makes friends with the poet Norther Winslow and the mayor's daughter Jenny. Despite enjoying his time there, Edward eventually decides to leave but promises Jenny that he will come back.