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The Big Year is a 2011 English-language comedy film directed by David Frankel and written by Howard Franklin. The movie stars Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, and Rosamund Pike. Ben Stiller, Curtis Hanson, and Stuart Cornfeld served as producers. The production involved companies including 20th Century Studios, Red Hour Productions, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Filming took place in Georgia and British Columbia.
The film has a runtime of approximately 100 to 102 minutes. Its budget was 41,000,000, while the revenue reached 8,200,000. It was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+ in various formats, including video on demand. The story focuses on friendship and features elements such as helicopters and airplanes. The original language is English, and the country of origin is the United States.
Critical reception included a review score of 42%, 5.1/10, and 53/100. Audience ratings were recorded at 6.2 on IMDb and 5.99 on TMDb. The film passed the Bechdel test assessment. It is based on a novel or book. The tagline for the release is "Everyone is searching for something."
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6.0Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
Cast
- Steve Martin as Stu Preissler
- Jack Black as Brad Harris
- Owen Wilson as Kenny Bostick
- Brian Dennehy as Raymond Harris
- Anjelica Huston as Annie Auklet
- Rashida Jones as Ellie
Themes
- friendship
- california
- helicopter
- airplane
- based on novel or book
- competition
- boston, massachusetts
- nevada
- texas
- arizona
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Frankel
- Screenwriter
- Howard Franklin
- Composer
- Theodore Shapiro
- Producer
- Stuart Cornfeld
- Production company
- RatPac-Dune Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Lawrence Sher
- Filming location
- British Columbia
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 174194
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thebigyearmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2011-10-14
- title
- The Big Year
- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Mark Livolsi
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 53/100
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