USA,
1988, 100 min
(Special edition: 130 min)
Directed by:
Penny MarshallCinematography:
Barry SonnenfeldComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Gary Howard Klar, Jamie Tirelli (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Comedy about a 12-year-old boy who wishes to be bigger, and overnight becomes a 35-year-old man, who discovers that perhaps being a child isn't so bad after all. (official distributor synopsis)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1989 - Tom Hanks (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 1989 - Anne Spielberg, Gary Ross (Best Original Screenplay)
Golden Globes
- 1989 - Tom Hanks (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1989 - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1988 - Tom Hanks (Best Actor)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1988 - Tom Hanks (Best Actor)
The Saturn Awards
- 2008 - Best DVD Special Edition Release
- 1990 - Anne Spielberg, Gary Ross (Best Writing)
- 1990 - Tom Hanks (Best Actor)
- 1990 - Robert Loggia (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1990 - Best Fantasy Film
- 1990 - Penny Marshall (Best Director)
- 1990 - Jared Rushton (Best Performance by a Younger Actor)