Big Fish 🎥 2003 Movie Info

Plot Summary

At William Bloom’s wedding after party, his father Edward recalls the day Will was born, claiming he caught an enormous catfish using his wedding ring as bait. Will has heard his father’s fanciful tales many, many times, and believes they are lies. Fed up by the stories, Will has a falling out with his father. Three years later, Edward is diagnosed with cancer, prompting Will and his pregnant wife Joséphine to spend time with him in Alabama. Edward’s life is chronicled through flashbacks, beginning with his boyhood encounter with a witch.

She shows Edward how he will die, which does not faze him at all. As he reaches adulthood, he finds his home too confining, and sets out into the world. He meets a giant named Karl, and they begin traveling together. When they find a fork in the road, they take separate paths. Edward traverses a swamp and discovers the hidden town of Spectre, where he befriends the poet Norther Winslow and the mayor’s daughter, Jenny. Not ready to settle down, Edward leaves Spectre, but makes a promise to Jenny that he will return. At Joséphine’s request, the bed-ridden Edward tells her how he met his wife, Sandra.

In more flashbacks, Edward and Karl visit the Calloway Circus, where Edward falls in love with a beautiful woman. Edward and Karl get jobs in the circus, and the ringmaster Amos Calloway reveals to Edward one detail about the woman each month. Three years later, Edward discovers that Amos is a werewolf, but shows no ill will towards him. In gratitude, Amos reveals the woman’s name as Sandra Templeton. Edward confesses his love to Sandra, but she rebuffs him despite his romantic gestures. Sandra’s fiancé, Don Price, beats Edward up, which prompts Sandra to break off their engagement and marry Edward instead.

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