Big Page #4

Synopsis: A young boy (David Moscow) 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. What will he find out about this strange world?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Penny Marshall
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
PG
Year:
1988
104 min
2,077 Views


It worked in the testing.

It just didn't work with the kids.

Oh, sorry.

Why don't you watch where

the hell you're going!

- Are you okay?

- I am fine.

You could kill somebody

running around here like that!

Paul, a boss should

get knocked on his ass

once in a while.

It's good for him.

I don't know, sir.

You should see a doctor.

For crying out loud, Paul,

I'm fine! I'm fine!

- Sorry, sir. Sorry.

- Where were you going anyway, son?

Um, I was, uh--

I was going to the Xerox room

'cause they needed these by 5:00.

Oh! That's good.

Nothing wrong with a little hustle.

Nothing at all.

Right, Paul?

It's good to see

a little hustle for a change.

What did he mean?

I hustle. Uh, sir? Sir!

Get down! Get down!

Get out of the area!

He's got my money. Get 'im!

Ferris!

Thank you.

Brennen!

Baskin!

What is this?

Payday.

Hey, Walt. Where's mine?

$ 187?

Yep.

Oh! Oh!

They really screw you,

don't they?

"Sign below." Hi.

Hi.

Okay. So how

would you like that?

Could I have your driver's license, please?

And your check guarantee card?

Okay.

All right.

Three dimes,

a hundred dollar bill and 87 ones.

One--

One, two--

three, four, five, six--

three, four, five, six

seven, eight, nine, 10!

seven, eight, nine--

Look at it. Look at it.

It's beautiful.

Look at this. You know what

we're gonna do with this?

What?

Spend it!

# With a rebel yell

More, more, more #

# More, more, more #

# She don't like slavery

She won't sit and beg #

- # But when I'm tired and lonely ##

- I'm never eating again.

It wasn't that bad.

It was the boat ride

that did it.

No. It was the pork rinds.

Pork rinds!

- We sure had fun, didn't we?

- Yeah. Yeah, we sure did.

Booger! Booger!

Get that baby

to shut up. Come on.

I could use some help

with the baby.

Oh, please. I'm

I give you all the help I can.

I-- You drive me nuts.

You are never here.

I'm just goin' out for a little while.

I'll be back when I want to, okay?

Hello?

Hello.

Uh, is this

the Baskin residence?

Yes.

Hi.

Who's this?

We're conducting a, uh--

a consumer s-survey

and we were wondering...

what kind of medicine...

you would give to your family.

For what?

For a stomachache.

Pepto-Bismol.

How-How often

do you give that?

Every four hours.

I gotta go.

Every four hours.

Okay.

Thank you.

Josh! Josh!

Doggie!

No-No. Get away

from that dog.

Come on.

Get away from that dog.

Doggie. I wanna pet him!

Doggie!

We'll go inside

and buy you a nice gum ball.

Okay.

How did you get it to stop?

# Welcome to our world #

# Welcome to our world #

# Welcome to our world #

# Welcome to our world #

# Welcome to our world of fun #

Right. Okay.

Second door. Right there.

Okay. This one is goin' way out.

See if you can get this one.

Okay. Another big one.

# Welcome to our world #

# Welcome to our world #

# Welcome to our world of fun ##

Hey, no fair! Hey.

Yee-haw!

Oh, now, Rocky, keep away

from the strange man.

- Gotcha.

- What's your name?

Jordan. What's yours?

My name's Josh.

I'm gonna

blow you away, Josh.

I just got you!

No way! You're closer.

Get back here!

I got you!

You big gawk.

Look at him!

You work for me,

don't you?

Yes.

I thought so.

What, are you here with your kids?

No.

I got the last!

Did not.

I was just looking around.

Oh.

Me too. I come here

every Saturday.

You can't see this

on a marketing report.

What's a marketing report?

Come on! It's my turn!

Exactly. Come on.

What do you think of that?

The Championship Hockey?

Yeah.

Oh, I love it. Only that--

Only what?

Well, the pieces don't move.

What do you mean?

Well, on the old set,

you could slide the men

up and down the ice.

Now all they do is spin around.

It's more like

real hockey the old way.

Why'd they change it?

I don't know.

See, the Starfighters

are good because you can

change all the pieces you want.

But I never liked

the Galacticons.

You only get one robot,

and they don't come

with a vehicle.

I see.

Plus, you can't take 'em

underwater. If you do--

Neat.

Okay, uh,

let's check out the--

- Piano lessons?

- Three years.

Me too.

Every day after school.

Hey, hey!

# Madly #

What department

did you say you were in?

I'm in Computers.

Computers?

Yeah. Yeah.

You just saved me

a trip to the gym, son.

According to the marketability studies,

this thing should go straight through the roof.

Hey! Hey!

Watch it, fella.

Sorry. Sorry.

Vice president in charge

of product development.

Vice president?

He's only been here a week!

And he came

from Data Processing.

He's out of his mind.

The old man has finally lost it.

Did you know he gave him

Bob's old office?

Bob's--

Bob's office

is bigger than my office!

There's gotta be a reason.

Things like this don't happen

unless there's a reason.

That means if the president dies,

you get to take over?

No. They got a hundred of 'em.

Are we ready?

Yes, Mr. Baskin.

Come on in.

Look at this place.

It's bigger than

the principal's office!

How would you know?

Remember that explosion

in science?

Oh, yeah.

Truckapillar!

- You know that only costs

- Get outta here!

-What is this?

-Oh. They just put this in here.

It doesn't mean anything.

So, what do they make you do

for all this?

Well, I play with all of

this stuff, and then I go in

and tell 'em what I think.

- That's it?

- Yeah.

- And they pay you for that?

- Yeah.

Suckers!

Thank you, Miss Patterson.

Hey, Miss Patterson,

could you call Media

and have them send up...

the video of the Giants-Broncos

Super Bowl and have them edit

out the commercials and stuff?

Yes, Mr. Baskin.

Thanks.

- Miss Patterson.

- You're the luckiest guy I know.

Boom!

- Great.

- Mr. Davenport.

Try taking

some of the padding out.

Projected sales

are gonna go through the roof.

Those test scores--

Whoa!

Oh You know, this is

an office, not a playground.

Kill somebody--

Did you check Mattel?

Nothing.

Time now to check

the day's business news.

Coleco?

Zero.

He can't come from nowhere, Susan.

He has to come from somewhere.

How 'bout Hasbro?

Yes. And Fisher-Price

and Worlds ofWonder.

- I have called everywhere.

Nobody's ever heard of him.

- This is just terrific!

It's not my fault.

Shh!

- Today's arrests

bring the current total to 18--

- I know him.

Those under indictment include

five senior vice presidents

Now they're arresting businessmen?

The new American crime,

tryin' to earn a living?

...the most coveted position

on Wall Street--

Baskin!

Susan, he has to come

from somewhere.

Let's face it, Paul. The guy comes

from Data Processing.

Terrific. That's just terrific.

This is just terrific!

You're being paranoid, Paul.

You're being paranoid, Paul.

These tests were conducted

over a six-month period...

using a double-blind format

of eight overlapping

demographic groups.

Every region of the country

was sampled.

The focus testing

showed a solid base...

in the nine-to-11-year-old

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Gary Ross

Gary Ross is an American film director, writer, and author. He directed the film The Hunger Games, as well as Pleasantville and the Best Picture nominated Seabiscuit. more…

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