Big (1988) - Josh Doesn't Get It Scene (3/5) | Movieclips

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Josh (Tom Hanks) has a few opinions about the company's new toy.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be "big". That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by Tom Hanks). Still a 13-year-old mentally and emotionally, Josh decides to hide out in New York City until he can figure out what to do next. He lucks into a job with a major toy company run by kid-at-heart McMillan (Robert Loggia). By cannily bringing a child's eye view to McMillan's business, Josh rises to the top-and in process, he falls in love with fellow employee Susan (Elizabeth Perkins). But he's still a kid, and he'd like to go back to his own world and own body. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, Big proved a crucial success for budding director Penny Marshall, who'd work harmoniously with Hanks again on the radically different A League of Their Own. The cinematography was by Barry Sonenfeld, who went on to become a director himself with The Addams Family. That Big was heavily reliant upon the input of Tom Hanks and Penny Marshall was proven by the failed attempt to turn the property into a Broadway musical.

CREDITS:
TM & © Fox (1988)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Tom Hanks, John Heard, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins
Director: Penny Marshall
Producers: James L. Brooks, Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg, Robert Greenhut
Screenwriters: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg

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[Koldeman]

Robert Loggia usually plays heavies, crimelords and the like. Here, his performance is in total sync with Hanks' childlike wonder. The piano jump scene is pure gold. Wonderful casting.

[vincentbierman]

I love this scene because this shows that you really need people who think outside the box and have a true passion for something instead of people who just see things from a business perspective.

[Charlie-qelv]

"You don't just walk into a meeting and say, 'bugs.'"

[samuelholmes]

As George Bernard Shaw once said, "We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing".

[feral]

That time Tom Hanks invented Beast Wars. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

[Circa]

I like how the team in the room came alive at the "bugs" idea. Some had to have started in creative/demo, reliving the zeal of a good fun idea. It was the marketing guy who pitched a building that turns into a robot.

[blaisetelfer]

I loved this movie as a kid - was pretty crushed to find out market research doesn't really afford you a penthouse in Manhattan

[mordicai]

So this is how Mr McAllister can afford a holiday to Florida for 9.

[srfrider]

only a child would ask you an honest question, and the so called adults are lost brats.

[flashkraft]

Tom Hanks: A child at heart with a natural aptitude for creative marketing and product development ideas.
John Heard: Went to a top Harvard Business College and majored in Marketing and still has no clue.
You have no idea how close to truth this is in Marketing departments.

[rushdi]

They're describing insecticons and dinobots from transformers lol

[KeiFox]

As a kid in a man's body, he nailed it perfectly. Kids LOVE bugs and robots. Combine the two of them and you got an instant seller in the toy market. :)

[TheCHILDRENofTV]

That “ well done Josh Well done “ hit me good ❤

[MqvLBu]

I like how the whole room of executives throws out the industry research and just goes with its collective gut on "bugs".

[LacoSinfonia]

John Heard was so underrated. Such a good actor. He was always natural to the character while still making the funniest choices. The way he says “bugs” just kills me.

[commanderkeen]

This is the movie that catapulted Tom Hanks from just another goofball side character actor to an A-list dramatic actor. He got his first Oscar nomination for this role, and from then on he was set

[VoyageOne]

Some of the greatest ideas came out of meetings just like this. A skyscraper that simply turns into a robot isn’t an exciting idea in itself, but if the design was reworked and could also fly, shoot lasers and turn into a bug then a child would never want to put it down. Numbers and figures don’t translate into foot traffic.

[stormcry]

I love how this movie predicted having tablets with downloadable comic books, and all the industry that goes with tablets.... back in Plus it was a frickin' GREAT movie!!

[RoyalKnightVIII]

This remains my absolute favorite scene from the movie :)

[seekeroftruth]

My fondest memories of being an 80s kids was the awesome toys and cartoons we had.