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Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, and Marion Cotillard. Other roles are performed by Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew McGrory, and Danny DeVito among others. Finney plays Edward Bloom, a former traveling salesman from the Southern United States with a gift for storytelling, now confined to his deathbed. Bloom's estranged son, a journalist played by Crudup, attempts to mend their relationship as his dying father relates tall tales of his eventful life as a young adult during which scenes he is played by Ewan McGregor.
Screenwriter John August read a manuscript of the novel six months before it was published and convinced Columbia Pictures to acquire the rights. August began adapting the novel while producers negotiated with Steven Spielberg who planned to direct after finishing Minority Report (2002). Spielberg considered Jack Nicholson for the role of Edward Bloom, but eventually dropped the project to focus on Catch Me If You Can (2002). Tim Burton and Richard D. Zanuck took over after completing Planet of the Apes (2001) and brought Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney on board.
Big Fish Games is a casual gaming company based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The company serves as both a developer and distributor of casual games, primarily on computers and mobile devices. The company was founded in 2002 by Paul Thelen, and currently employs more than 500 people.
Big Fish Games was founded by ex-RealNetworks executive Paul Thelen in 2002 with $10,000. Thelen was the Group Product Manager that launched the RealArcade games service for RealNetworks. In 2009, the company announced the opening of their new European headquarters in Cork, Ireland. The BBB rates Big Fish Games as an A+ due to its response and resolution to complaints, and the relative low complaint volume for a business of its size.
In September 2008, the company received $83M financial backing from Venture Capital funds Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners and Salmon River Capital.
In August 2013, the company announced the closing of its cloud-based games service, Vancouver studio and Cork offices.
Sometimes I think it would be better
If you just walked away
And stopped returning phone calls
Come out to see the band play
Lady, Leave me, I will love you more
Sometimes I only speak when
I'm ignored
Big fish, little fish don't swim back to me
Eww eww eww eww
Circle my ship and slip back into the sea
Eww eww eww eww
I'm sending out a
Warning 'cause I think you oughta know
If catching you is easy then I'm gonna have to let you go
Sometimes I wish you wouldn't smile
Every time I come around
And pick me up so easily
Every time I let you down
And baby
Make me
Crazy
If you can
Miscommunicate to make me
Understand
Big fish, little fish don't swim back to me
Eww eww eww eww
Circle my ship and slip back into the sea
Eww eww eww eww
I'm sending out a
Warning 'cause I think you oughta know
If catching you is easy then I'm gonna have to to let you go
Let you go home
I can swim like a stone again
Big fish, little fish don't swim back to me
Eww eww eww eww
Circle my ship and slip back into the sea
Eww eww eww eww
Big fish, little fish don't swim back to me
Big fish, little fish don't swim back to me