My Giant (1998)

PG   |    |  Comedy, Drama

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Billy Crystal plays a Hollywood agent who stumbles upon Max, a giant living in Romania, and tries to get him into the movies.

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13 May 2008 | randycoates
A Good Movie
I'm surprised the ratings for this movie are so low. It's not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, don't get me wrong, but it's not a terrible movie either. Billy Crystal plays a talent agent who gets fired by his client then almost drowns. Luckily two giant hands save him from the water, and they are of course attached to the "giant", George Muresan (spelling?) who he immediately tries to sign on as a client because there is obvious potential jobs for such a huge man. He brings him to the states under the pretense of reuniting him with the girl he used to like, only she doesn't want to see him at all. The movie has comedy at times but mostly it is a dramatic movie, which it wasn't marketed as, so I think that might be why a lot of people are disappointed. It's not a really deep story and the acting isn't great (Muresan is a basketball player and Billy Crystal is pretty much just going through the motions) but it's definitely worth seeing and is a good little movie.

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Trivia

Billy Crystal was inspired to write this film from having worked with André the Giant in the The Princess Bride (1987).

Quotes

Sam Kamin: You're firing me?!
Justin Allen: Yeah, well. I'm sorry.
Sam Kamin: I discovered you. You weren't even thinking about acting when I found you. You were delivering my newspapers. I got you this movie. I named you!
Justin Allen: My name was always Justin.
Sam Kamin: Shmell! Justin Shmell. I think they ...

Goofs

When Sam and Max are at the bus station to get tickets to Las Vegas and argue over where to go, they leave the ticket office to make a call but never buy the ticket. In the next scene they are on the bus.

Soundtracks

My Way
(Comme d'Habitude)
Music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux
French lyrics by Gilles Thibaut
English lyrics by Paul Anka

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Drama

Details

Release Date:

10 April 1998

Language

English, Romanian

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Czech Republic

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,117,795 12 April 1998

Gross USA:

$8,072,007

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,072,007

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