# Big (film)

Big is a 1988 film about a boy who wishes to be big at a magic wish machine and wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body.
    Directed by Penny Marshall. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg.

## Dialogue

    Computer game: You are standing in the cavern of the evil ice wizard. All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarves.
    Mrs. Baskin: Josh, take out the garbage!
    Josh: In a minute, Mom! [talking to himself] Melt the wizard. [typing] Melt wizard.
    Computer game: What do you want to melt him with?
    Josh: What do you think I want to use? Throw the thermal pod.
    Mrs. Baskin: JOSH!! The garbage is starting to stink up the house! Take it out, NOW!!
    Mr. Baskin: Josh, you heard your mother!
    [In the computer game, the enemy attacks Josh's avatar by encasing him in a big block of ice]
    Computer game: Your hesitancy has cost you dearly. The wizard, sensing your apprehension, fires a fatal bolt from his ice scepter. With luck, you will thaw in several million years.
    Josh: Great.
    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]
    [Josh has supposedly disappeared. The Baskin residence is covered by squad cars and neighbors have gathered to see the hoopla]
    Policeman: This is one of the oddest missing child cases. His mother is all hysterical; cannot get a word out of her. No sign of forced entry, no ransom note and the only fingerprints we found all belonged to the Baskin family.
    Kid #1: Bet he got sick of his parents and ran away. Wish I could do that.
    Kid #2: I will help you pack.
    Josh: I want a listing of all amusement arcades and carnivals in the tri-state area.
    Clerk: Consumer Affairs, down the hall.
    Bureaucrat: Fill this out in triplicate, five dollar processing charge.
    Billy: See, no problem.
    Bureaucrat: Standard six-week wait with backlog.
    Billy and Josh: [in unison] Six weeks??!
    Bureaucrat: Could take longer, but hey, you could get lucky.
    [Outside. Josh is sitting on steps staring into space]
    Josh: I am going to be 30 years old for the rest of my life.
    Billy: Come on Josh, it is only for six weeks. Besides, you may be even older that that! ha ha!
    [Josh is making application for a job]
    Josh: Social security number?
    [Billy fills it out]
    Josh: What was that?
    Billy: My locker combination.
    Receptionist: Mr. Baskin?
    Billy: Remember, Josh, eye contact!
    Receptionist: Your son will have to wait out here.
    Josh: Certainly. OK son, you heard the lady. Don't give anyone a hard time.
    Billy: Sure thing, "Dad".
    [Josh and Billy laugh at their private joke to the odd look of the receptionist]
    [MacMillian employee is looking over Josh's job application while pen-clicking]
    Office worker: It says you have four years of experience in computers, good. But you are missing a couple of numbers on the social security.
    Josh: Uh, um, twelve.
    Office worker: OK, 1-2. Office worker puts in numbers Where did you go to school?
    Josh: Hmmm, it was called George Washington.
    Office worker: Oh, G.W! My brother-in-law got his doctorate there. Did you pledge?
    Josh: Yes, every morning.
    Billy: So you got a job, where you play with all these toys.
    Josh: Yup!
    Billy: And they're gonna pay you for that?
    Josh: Yup!
    Billy: SUCKERS!
    Paul: Have you tried Mattel?
    Susan: Yes.
    Paul: Well, how about Coleco?
    Susan: Yes, as well as Fisher Price and Worlds of Wonder. None of these places reported ever having a Josh Baskin on their payroll.
    Paul: Well, he's got to come from somewhere. The guy just does not come into the executive offices out of the blue.
    Susan: Face it Paul, the man comes from data processing.
    Paul: It's a mystery.
    [Susan pours milk into her coffee. She has not seen the reverse side, which has a picture of the young Josh]
    Milk Carton: MISSING: JOSHUA BASKIN
    Josh: I'm much better at video hockey.
    Paul: That's not a sport.
    Josh: It requires hand and eye coordination.
    Paul: It's not a sport if you don't sweat.
    Josh: What about golf? It's a sport and you don't sweat.
    Paul: It's not a sport if you let a machine do all the work.
    Josh: What about car racing?
    Paul: Shut up, Baskin.
    Scotty Brennen: See that girl over there in the red? Say "hi" to her and she's yours. She'll have her legs around you so tight you'll be begging for mercy.
    Josh: Well, I'll stay away from her, then.
    Susan: I'm not so sure we should do this.
    Josh: Do what?
    Susan: Well, I like you, and I want to spend the night with you.
    Josh: Do you mean sleep over?
    Susan: Well, yeah.
    Josh: Well, okay, but I get to be on top.
    Josh: Will you please leave? I got a deadline to meet. Gosh.
    Billy: Who the fuck do you think you are?
    Josh: HEY!
    Billy: You're Josh Baskin, remember? You broke your arm on my roof! You hid in MY basement when Robert Dyson was about to rip your head off!
    Josh: You don't get it, do you? This is important!
    Billy: I'm your best friend. What's more important than that, huh? [Turns to leave] And I'm three months older than you are, ASSHOLE!
    Mrs. Baskin: [on the phone] You have my son?
    Josh: Yes.
    Mrs. Baskin: Look, if you touch one hair on his head, I swear I will spend the rest of my life making sure you suffer.
    Josh: Wow, thanks.
    Paul: What is so special about Baskin?
    Susan: He's a grown up.
    Billy: There. Sea Point Park!
    Josh: Thanks.
    Billy: See you around.
    Later, Josh has run out of a business meeting
    Josh: Taxi! Sea Point Park, please.
    [Billy is on street]
    Billy: Sea Point Park? Way to go, Josh!
    [Susan tries to follow Josh but runs into Billy]
    Susan: You know Josh?
    Billy: Yes, I am his friend.
    Susan: I am...his girlfriend.
    [Billy looks amazed seeing a full-grown woman who has breasts is his best friend's girl]
    Billy: His girlfriend?? Whoa!

## Taglines

* Have you ever had a really big secret?
* Yesterday 12-year old Josh Baskin wanted money, cars, and girls. Today he got all those.
* You're only young once!
* You're Only Young Once But For Josh It Might Just Last A Lifetime.
* Yesterday Josh Wanted Everything In Life - Girls...Money...Cars... Today, All His Wildest Dreams Have Come True!

## Cast

* Tom Hanks - Josh Baskin
* David Moscow - Young Josh
* Elizabeth Perkins - Susan Lawrence
* Robert Loggia - Mac MacMillan
* John Heard - Paul Davenport
* Jared Rushton - Billy Kopecki
* Jon Lovitz - Scotty Brennen
* Mercedes Ruehl - Mrs. Baskin
* Josh Clark - Mr. Baskin
* Debra Jo Rupp - Miss Patterson

## External links

* Big quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Big at Rotten Tomatoes