10 Facts About Big Fish

Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace.

Big Fish was shot on location in Alabama in a series of fairy tale vignettes evoking the tone of a Southern Gothic fantasy.

Big Fish is attacked by him during one of his periodic transformation, and similarly to the initial situation with Karl in Ashton, the circus people is about to shot the dangerous-looking "freak" with a silver bullet out of fear, but Edward manage to de-escalate the situation and shows the werewolf's playful and dog-like attitude instead, playing fetch until he turns back into human in the morning.

Big Fish tries to win her over with more and more garish love declarations, going so far as to plant thousands of daffodils outside of her sorority house bedroom.

Big Fish is sent to fight in the Korean War, but tries to shorten his tour of duty by volunteering for all the riskiest missions, in attempt to gain a honorable early discharge and return to his wife.

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Big Fish becomes again without effort a successful but fairly ordinary travelling salesman, until he crosses paths by chance with Winslow in a bank in 1963.

Big Fish has had a stroke, requiring urgent care back at the hospital.

Big Fish's father dies peacefully in his arms during the tale.

Big Fish is about what's real and what's fantastic, what's true and what's not true, what's partially true and how, in the end, it's all true.

Big Fish signed to direct in April 2002, which prompted Richard D Zanuck, who worked with Burton on Planet of the Apes, to join Big Fish as a producer.