The Big Year
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David Frankel
Steve Darling
Owen Wilson
Brian Dennehy
Devon Weigel
Morgan Brayton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Everyone is searching for something - and Stu Preissler, Brad Harris and Kenny Bostick are determined to not only find their "something," but to be the very best at it. For Stu, Brad and Kenny, that means being the world's greatest..birder. An extraordinary race becomes a transformative journey for wealthy industrialist Stu, computer code-writer Brad, and successful contractor Kenny, who race across the continent on a Big Year, a whirlwind competition to see who can spot the most species of birds in North America within one calendar year.
Director
David Frankel
Cast
Steve Darling
Owen Wilson
Brian Dennehy
Devon Weigel
Morgan Brayton
Gabrielle Rose
Kate Gajdosik
Calum Worthy
Greg Kean
Christopher Mann
Jan Bos
Rashida Jones
Nate Torrence
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John Cleese
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Anjelica Huston
Scott Patey
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Jack Black
Al Roker
Kevin Pollak
Kath Dugray
Cindy Busby
Tim Blake Nelson
Sheelah Megill
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Dianne Wiest
Jesse Moss
Anthony Anderson
Joel Mchale
Michael Bean
Craig Bockhorn
Barry Shabaka Henley
Steven Weber
Jim Parsons
June Squibb
Zahf Paroo
Doreen Ramus
Tshering Garie
Marci T House
Christopher Redman
Andrew Wilson
Terence Kelly
Corbin Bernsen
Jon Frankel
Rosamund Pike
Veena Sood
Calvin Lee
Bill Dow
Dee Jay Jackson
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Jobeth Williams
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Steve Martin
Joey Aresco
David Lewis
Ryan Caltagirone
Eva Allan
William Samples
Paul Campbell
Crew
Richie Adams
Michael Adkisson
Mark Aisbett
Lee Alexander
Juan Pablo Allgeier
Ed Anders
Michael Anthony
Pete Anthony
Pete Anthony
Scott Ateah
Erkin Aycan
Greg Baglia
Zombie Bank
Debera Barager
Alex Barker
Pat Barry
Romain Bayle
Sam Beam
Greg Beaton
Angela Bellisio
Francis Benhamou
Brent Bennett
Laurel Bergman
Lori Berhon
Jose Berja
Yves Bernadette
Dustin Bernard
Guy Berryman
Charlie Bisharat
Hans Bjerno
Jeff Bjorgum
Kent Blocher
Richard Boisvert
Tony Bonaventura
Celia Bond
Curt Bonn
Landon Bootsma
Marc Borja
Brian Boyd
J E Brady
Heike Brandstatter
Blair Breard
Jim Brebner
Matt Breitenbach
Byron Brisco
Simon Brooking
Cliff Brown
Rich Brown
Kurt Bruun
Jon Buckland
Corine Buffel
Mark Bunting
Alex Burdett
Jeffrey Burt
Kate Butler
Scott Calderwood
Joseph A Campayno
Dave Campbell
Andy Capicik
Janene Carleton
Mike Carpenter
Warren Carr
Mark Carter
Korey J. Cauchon
Nicholas Cerniglia
Al Cerullo
Will Champion
Eve Chauvet
Maria K. Chavez
Bob Chefalas
Rick Chefalas
Eric Christensen
David Clarke
Ryan Clarke
Murray Close
John Clothier
Joshua Cockerham
Jason M Collier
Laura Lee Connery
Fiona Connon
Stuart Cornfeld
Lucas Cornstock
Marko Costanzo
Scott Cozens
Liz Crawford
Susan Crawford
Mike Crestejo
Rob Crone
Bing Crosby
Jason Crosby
Sean Crowell
Peter Cummings
Peter Cummings
Katharine Currie
Rob Dampier
Megan Danderfer
Shane Davidson
Bryan Davies
Andrew J. Day
Sandy De Crescent
Beatrice Dealba
Angel Deangelis Haiko
Molle Debartolo
Ken Decker
Darian Deering
Anthony Defrancesco
John Dekker
Greg Dennen
Alexandre Desplat
Feliciano Di Giorgio
Michael Diner
Pete Dionne
Dan Diprima
Dan Diprima
Amanda Dobson
Marion Dobson
Kenneth Dodson
Todd Doiron
Graham Donahue
Julie Donovan
Dylan Dowd
David Dowling
Thomas Drescher
Dana Dube
Kim Duess
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Scott Eade
Michael C. Easter
Shalia Edl
Leah Ehman
Tarek Elaydi
Maggie Engelhardt
Ryan Ennis
Jay Erickson
Noelia Estrada
Joe Eveleigh
Summer Eves
Matthew Fairclough
Rob Falck
Greg Farmer
Susana Ines Fattorini
Richard Feiner
Carol Fenelon
Julia Ferguson
Greg Finkel
Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy Fisher
Tom Fleischman
Chris Fogel
Gil Forrester
James Forsyth
Mike Fowler
Jonathan Fox
Howard Franklin
Jessica Franks
Evan Fraser
Al Frazier
Jennifer Freed
Paul Frye
John Fukushima
Sigurjon Gardarsson
Adam Gardner
Joe Gawler
Scott Gaynos
Michael Gazetas
Sonia Gemmiti
Matt Giampa
Benedict Gillingham-sutton
Greg Gilman
Chris Gilmour
Sean Goojha
Dan Gorval
Peter Graf
Oded Granot
Richard Grant
Stephane Grappelli
Sean Gray
Curt Griebel
Jennifer Grossman
Lise Hache
Bryan Haigh
Matthew Hales
Wesley Hamby
David Hamilton
Curtis Hanson
Sean Harding
Jeffrey Harlacker
Jason Harris
John Harris
Leif Havdale
Robyn Heath-kubena
Cullman Hedges
Justine Hempe
Bill Henderson
Leslie Hendrix
John Andrew Hill
David Hirst
Vanessa Hoffman
Barrett Hong
Diane Hounsell
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Wide Release in United States Fall October 14, 2011
Released in United States on Video January 31, 2012
Based on the book "The Big Year" written by Mark Obmascik and published by Free Press on February 4, 2004.
Dustin Hoffman was previously attached to star.
Project was previously set up at DreamWorks.
Literary Sale Date: 06/20/2002.
Initially based on a 42-page partial manuscript by Mark Obmascik.
Released in United States on Video January 31, 2012
Wide Release in United States Fall October 14, 2011