Big Page #5

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
2,061 Views


Yeah, right.

Cardiological technician.

Civil engineer.

You're not gonna

eat your cherry?

Go ahead.

Clerical transcriber.

Billy.

Yeah.

Gross. God, that's gross!

Check, please.

- Go to the next column.

- Collection agent. Company clerk.

Computer operator.

Construction engineer.

Computer operator?

What?

Computer operator.

Read that one.

-Josh, will you quit

with your stupid computers!

-Just read it.

"MacMillan Toys." Toys!

- Toys!

Whee-whee-whee-whee, Jags.

"Seeking experienced computer operators

for all levels of system management.

"Candidates must perform

data updates, malfunction isolation,

monitoring

of cluster performance."

"Performance." I can do that.

- You can?

- Sure.

- Hey, great. They use H.P. 3000s.

- You understand all that?

Well, it's It's an old system,

but, you know--

- Where do we go?

- Um, "Apply in person,

MacMillan Toys."

All right. Let's go.

Miss? Miss?

Miss?

Miss?

You look good.

MacMillan Toys!

There it is!

MacMillan Toys.

May I help you?

I'll connect you.

Are these

the applications?

Yes. Just have a seat.

I'll call your name.

What's next?

There.

Previous employment.

Your paper route.

I don't think I can put that.

Neighborhood

circulation director?

Yeah!

Yes. Hold on just a moment, please.

What's he got?

Hey, don't worry about it.

Um, Social Security number?

What is that?

It's my locker combination.

Great.

Mr. Baskin?

Mr. Baskin?

Y-Yes. Yes.

The personnel director

will see you now.

Uh, your son can wait out here.

Yeah, okay.

Son, you should sit down.

And don't give the lady

any trouble now.

Sure, Dad.

This way.

Don't forget--

look him in the eye!

There's a couple

of numbers missing

on your Social Security.

Oh. Oh, 12.

- It says here you've got

four years' experience.

- Yes.

All on computers.

Yes.

Where did you go to school?

It was-- It was called

George Washington.

Oh, G.W. My brother-in-law

got his doctorate there.

- Did you pledge?

- Yes, every morning.

It happened again.

David, the girl is

absolutely useless.

You have got to give me

someone who knows what

she is doing. Excuse me.

I'm not getting any of my mail.

Nothing has been filed.

Ever since she got engaged,

my life has been a disaster.

Well, you know, she came

so highly recommended.

She spent the last three months

writing down her married name.

Mrs. Judy Hicks.

Mrs. Donald Hicks.

Mrs. Judy Mitchellson Hicks.

Sometimes with a hyphen,

sometimes without a hyphen.

Sometimes she spells

the hyphen.

Well, I really don't know

where I can put her.

Put her on unemployment.

- When can you start?

- Soon.

MacMillan Toys. I'll transfer.

Brent.

Susan.

Where's Mildred?

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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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