![]() When 13-year-old Josh’s wish to be big is granted by a Zoltar Speaks carnival machine overnight, his life is thrown into turmoil. With Big, Ross, who would go on to adapt the screenplay for and direct Seabiscuit, and Spielberg (yes, Steven’s little sister) provide a solid first-ever attempt at scriptwriting that is ruled as much by emotion as it is by its comedic queues. The first of this spat of body swap movies to be greenlit by a studio, and the last to make it to the screen, Big has the distinction of being the only one of the bunch nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Hanks. The diversity of the actors involved (Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, and Tom Hanks) provide an interesting cross-section of late ’80s popular culture, but none of these films are memorable enough to warrant anything more than a line item on the actor’s IMDb profile or a mocking nod on VH1’s indulgent I Love the ’80s series.Įxcept Big. Like Father Like Son set off the run of releases in October 1987, then from March through June 1988, Vice Versa, 18 Again, and Big were unleashed in quick succession. This story was first published on CNN.The movie-going public was inundated with body-switching films at the end of the ’80s. Love is everything.”Īs for the secret to their long-lasting happy marriage? “You’ve got to marry the right person for the right reason,” Hanks said during an appearance on “CBS This Morning” in May. In May, the couple celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary, with Wilson writing another heartfelt Instagram post at the time saying, “35 years of marriage. Hanks and Wilson wed in 1988 and share two children, Chet and Truman Hanks. Many of the couple’s famous friends took to the comments section of Wilson’s post to wish Hanks a happy birthday, including John Stamos, Sharon Stone and Hanks’ “Big” co-star Elizabeth Perkins, who said “Happy Birthday, Tom. Happy happy birthday my love!” Wilson said at the end of her post. “He is one of the smartest people I know, has made me laugh everyday for 38 years, can nap anywhere at anytime. Her post continued to say the “Forrest Gump” actor “is happiest being surround by his family and friends, and has committed to telling the stories of veterans and has created his own coffee brand supporting veterans, Hanx for our Troops.” Hanks infamously mixed a Diet Coke-Champagne cocktail during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in January. Wilson went on to joke Hanks “loves a typewriter just slightly less than me,” and listed out his other hilarious quirks saying he “invents cocktails like Diet Cokecaine (Diet Coke mixed with Champagne) or a Cokearita (Diet Coke mixed with margarita).” “Happy Birthday to this man who is my lover, my best friend, my family, the father of my children,” Wilson wrote on her Instagram page on Sunday next to a photo of a pattern-clad Hanks. ![]() (CNN) - Tom Hanks turned 67 years old Sunday and his wife, actor, singer and film producer Rita Wilson, penned a sweet message to celebrate his birthday.
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