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The Big Year (2011)

PG · 2011-10-13 · 1h 42m · EN
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Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.

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$41M
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$8.2M

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Jack BlackJack BlackBrad HarrisSteve MartinSteve MartinStu PreisslerOwen WilsonOwen WilsonKenny BostickKevin PollakKevin PollakJim GittelsonJoel McHaleJoel McHaleBarry LoomisRosamund PikeRosamund PikeJessicaZahf ParooZahf ParooPrasadCorbin BernsenCorbin BernsenGil GordonJoBeth WilliamsJoBeth WilliamsEdithPaul CampbellPaul CampbellTonyCindy BusbyCindy BusbySusieGreg KeanGreg KeanComputer Birder

Keywords

Based on novel or bookDuringcreditsstingerHelicopterHoneymoonAirplaneBirdingBirdwatchingOrnithology

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Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Duringcreditsstinger · HelicopterDialogue densityComedyDirector preference99653Actor preference4835 · 55263 · 21387Country preferenceUs

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Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.

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The Big Year has a runtime of 102 minutes.

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