BIG FISH

Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange

Columbia Pictures; Directed by Tim Burton

Rated PG-13; 2003

Edward Bloom has always been a teller of tall tales especially about his own life. He has created a past for himself that has taken him from a small Alabama town on journeys around the work. His stories found him encountering giants, blizzards, witches and he even had a run-in with conjoined-twin lounge singers. Now that he is dying, his estranged son Will just wants to get a glimpse of what his father is really like.

PROMOTION IDEA:

Use the title of the film literally and make a huge cutout of a fish and hang it up on your student center with your show information on it.

Have your students come up and tell the biggest tall tale they have ever told to get out of trouble with parents, a professor, a boyfriend/girlfriend, etc. The winner gets a prize – the soundtrack from the film, passes to your next movie, or maybe a DVD of another Tim Burton favorite.