Big

Big1988

Director: Penny Marshall
Stars: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Rating: PG
Runtime: 104 minutes

Twelve-year-old, Josh Baskin is in line to go on a ride at a carnival. Directly behind him is a cute girl he knows from school, who strikes up a conversation with him. When he gets to the front, he is smaller than the wooden cutout used to determine… more »



Josh:
[to himself, at a carnival where he finds an antiquated fortune-telling machine] Zoltar Speaks?

[Josh inserts a quarter but the machine is off]

Josh:
[annoyed, hitting machine] Work, work, work, dammit!

[Machine activates; Zoltar's eyes glow red]

Machine:
Aim ramp at Zoltar's mouth

[As the Zoltar head opens and closes his mouth, Josh aims the coin ramp at Zoltar, who eats the quarter]

Machine:
Zoltar says make your wish.

Josh:
I wish I were big.

[Machine produces a card]

Card:
Your wish is granted.

Josh then goes to find his family. As a cold wind blows, Josh sees the Zoltar machine was unplugged all along, giving him the creeps

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