The Big Year

The Big Year
Teaser poster
Directed byDavid Frankel[1]
Written byHoward Franklin
Based onThe Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
by Mark Obmascik
Produced byKaren Rosenfelt
Stuart Cornfeld
Curtis Hanson
Starring
CinematographyLawrence Sher
Edited byMark Livolsi
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$41 million[2]
Box office$7.4 million[3]

The Big Year is a 2011 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson, directed by David Frankel and written by Howard Franklin. The film was based on the 2004 non-fiction book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik. The book follows three men on a quest for a Big Year – a competition among birders to see who can spot and identify the greatest number of bird species in North America (north of Mexico) in a calendar year. The three actual birders were Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller, who were chasing Komito's prior record. The film uses the same premise with fictional characters.

Filming for The Big Year took place from May to July 2010.[4] The film was released on October 14, 2011, in the United States,[5] and on December 2, 2011, in the United Kingdom.[6] The Big Year received generally mixed reviews, although the three leads' performances were praised, and was a box office bomb, only grossing $7.4 million worldwide against a $41 million budget.[7][8]

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  2. ^ Kaufman, Amy (October 13, 2011). "Movie Projector: New 'Footloose' could dance circles around rivals". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Big Year (2011) Box Office Mojo".
  4. ^ "The Big Year - Movie Database". CraveOnline Media. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "The Big Year (2011)". MovieWeb. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  6. ^ "The Big Year (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "The Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2011". The Bonus View. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

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