Big - will there ever be a re-release? (1 Viewer)

[Casey Neutron]

So let's see, we have the option of getting the non-anamorphic transfer of a film we know and love, or an anamorphic transfer of a "director's cut" version we don't know, and maybe won't even like. I wish there was a third choice.

 

[Christian Preischl]

Has anybody heard anything new or concrete about the Director's Cut DVD? This is supposed to be released in 5 weeks, yet there's been no word since the first announcement on davisdvd, and except for DVD Empire I couldn't find any online stores listing this title.

 

[Keith I]

Now it seems the title has been postponed or canceled from its original November 7 street date. No "big" (ha ha) on-line retailer has a definite street date or a listing at all. Under-the-radar for sure.

 

[Christian Preischl]

The weird thing is that except for the short blurb on davisdvd.com I've never even seen an announcement.

 

[Jesse Skeen]

Hope they finally get the "She's the company Welcome Wagon" line back in the movie! It was cut from the video release because the real Welcome Wagon objected.

 

[JasonKZ]

Sad to see this one didn't arrive today........

 

[Christian Preischl]

Well, there we go. Apparently March 27th is Tom Hanks double-dip day at Fox:

Source: DavisDVD.com

 

[GlennH]

I'm more interested in That Thing You Do!, which I really like and think is underrated. I wonder what the Director's Cut will contain.

 

[Colby]

That Thing You Do! Director's Cut?

That totally just made my day! Kinda curious as to what will be added, but I can't wait to see!

 

[Keith I]

Davis DVD now reports that it will be released (along with TTYD) on May 8.

 

[Christian Preischl]

DVDTimes.co.uk now has details and cover art. Note that it's no longer called Director's Cut, but extended cut! But since both the theatrical and the extended cut will be present (via seamless branching, I guess) it shouldn't be a problem.

Disc 1: Main Feature

* Theatrical & Extended Cuts
* 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
* English Stereo
* French & Spanish Mono
* Spanish subtitles
* BIG Brainstorming - An audio documentary by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg using archival audio material of the original creation of the script


Disc 2: Extra Features

* 10 Deleted Scenes with Optional Intro by Peny Marshall
* BACKSTORY: BIG
* Carnival Party Newswrap
* Zoltar Easter Egg
* TV Spots
* 2 Trailers

 

[Joe:C]

A definite buy for me. I'm glad they're including both cuts.

 

[Keith I]

The Digital Bits reports the extras and they are slightly different than the Times:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa134.html#bgs3

No mention of the theatrical cut (which would be great), which is the biggest difference between the two reports.

 

[Christian Preischl]

Same on other news sites, i.e. no more mention of the theatrical cut. I really hope that's just an oversight.

 

[ZackR]

I am looking forward to this, but I REALLY hope it does end up including the theatrical cut. I watched this so many times as a kid, I want that version on this disc... I'll be hanging on to my original disc until we find out for sure.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Since I did this for the extended That Thing You Do!, I figured I'd also post the changes made for the longer Big now that my review is posted.

All in a helpful spoiler space!

3:55-5:10 – Josh’s parents move his sister Rachel into his room; dinner at Billy’s house;

19:17-21:07 - Josh’s parents talk to the police, Billy sneaks out, he and Josh head to NYC;

29:00-29:35 – Josh before his job interview

32:14-34:17 – Susan deals with her secretary and checks out a new toy;

36:20-38:07 - Susan and Paul consult on a failed line, Paul shows he’s a weasel, Scott babbles on the phone in the background before Josh calls his mom;

42:50-43:00 – Josh and Billy count along with bank teller then gleefully leave the bank;

43:45-46:11 – Josh calls home to ask what to use for a stomachache, he sees a dad with a Josh in front of FAO Schwartz, and plays with a toy plane;

52:00-52:22 – Brief shot at the office;

52:42-53:00 – Paul rants about white-collar arrests

58:45-1:01:15 - Josh tells Billy about his letter, they go get a tux, and we see more of the party before Josh arrives;

1:03:00-1:04:40 – We get a few more seconds of Josh and MacMillan as well as other folks at the party plus more of Josh and some hors d’oeuvres;

1:12:44-1:13:17 - Josh and Susan play a game and she prepares to seduce him;

1:19:30-1:22:05 – Josh has a late-night meeting with MacMillan and Susan comes to Josh’s;

1:26:25-1:26:53 - More of Josh and Susan at the carnival;

1:32:13-1:32:30 – Susan gives her secretary a wedding present;

1:33:58-1:34:20 – Billy calls for Josh who isn’t home;

1:34:58-1:35:23 – Josh works on his new proposal and Paul plays with a yo-yo;

1:35:55-1:36:38 – Josh sees kids buy comics and gets his idea;

1:39:00-1:41:35 - Billy calls the office, Josh works on his idea some more, and Billy calls Josh’s place again;

1:44:07-1:44:56 – More of Billy and Josh’s mom as they chat;

1:50:58-1:53:58 – Susan looks through Josh’s wallet, Billy looks for Zoltar, and Susan suspects Josh really is a kid.

Note that some of the above-mentioned sequences include snippets also found in the theatrical cut. However, these are always brief, so almost all the footage is new to this version.

 

[stephen la]

what about the theatrical ending, that I saw?? (now its referred to as a test ending) but its the one they showed when it first came out to paying customers in los angeles.
in where
***spoiler****
Susan becomes a kid again and the end and shows up
as a new student in Josh's class.
this was the ending I saw, it was special to me, I never watched it again until I watched it on dvd last year with my family and didn't see that ending- I had to do some research at imdb.com.
it felt like a waste of a movie to not have the happy ending I saw when I was 13.

 

[Christian Preischl]

Apparently it's not even in the deleted scenes section, which is kind of a disappointment.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

No - all the deleted scenes are segments that also appear in the extended cut. There's nothing exclusive to the deleted scenes area - definitely no alternate ending unless it's an egg...

 

[Keith I]

According to the back cover image, it will have BOTH versions!



...and Fox includes the word "anamorphic" to make it known to us that it is better than the previous version! Thank you!!!