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The BFG (2016)

PG | | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 30 June 2016 (Israel)
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An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

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Ten-year-old Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant. Naturally scared at first, the young girl soon realizes that the 24-foot behemoth is actually quite gentle and charming. As their friendship grows, Sophie's presence attracts the unwanted attention of Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater and other giants. After traveling to London, Sophie and the BFG must convince Queen Elizabeth to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all. Written by Jwelch5742

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From the human beings that created E.T. and the author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Matilda" See more »

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Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Rated PG for action/peril, some scary moments and brief rude humor | See all certifications »

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Box Office

Budget:

$140,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,584,969, 3 July 2016, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$55,483,770

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$199,905,224
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Alongside the traditional sets, sets the audience would see exactly as they were shot and lit, were the "partially-real sets". These were the spaces Sophie would inhabit with the BFG, which would then be enhanced and completed later on in the post-production process. These included: the mist-covered magical land known as Dream Country where Sophie and the BFG go dream-catching; a vast hilly landscape with knotted tree roots covered in mossy greens; and the bleak and terrifying Giant Country, desolate, barren and strewn with the remains of the plunder from the Giants' lethal treks into the world of human beans. Weta Digital's Joe Letteri said: "Even though we created a virtual world, there's a live action counterpart to everything that we do as well. And so it's great to be able to work with people like [production designer] Rick Carter who can take that skill set of knowing how to design a fantastic world and get it to work in a physical sense and still be able to apply it to the virtual set." See more »

Goofs

Sophie's glasses start out as reading glasses, but later she wears them all of the time and not just when reading. See more »

Quotes

Sophie: Why are you giving me a dream?
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Crazy Credits

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Connections

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Soundtracks

Piper's Maggot Jig
from Barry Lyndon (1975)
Arranged by Leonard Rosenman
Courtesy of Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.
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Why is this getting so much hate?
6 November 2016 | by – See all my reviews

Firstly this is not your average Spielberg movie, it's more of a feel good family movie. The reason people hate this movie is because they are comparing it to a proper Spielberg movie. I think Spielberg was trying to do something different this time for kid viewers. My family loved this movie and if you hated this movie while you're reading this, just give it another try. Lot's of people think this is very immature because of it's fart jokes, I was counting how many fart jokes there were surprisingly there were only four in the entire movie. The director has had a few bad movies recently (Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the Krystal Skull etc.) Basically what I'm trying to say is that this is a good movie and it is too much hate.
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