My Giant (1998)

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writers (WGA):

Billy Crystal (story) and
David Seltzer (story) ...

Release Date:

10 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

A comedy of incredible proportions.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Giant | Romania | Monastery | Movie Agent | Car Accident

Cast

Billy Crystal	...	Sam 'Sammy' Kamin
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Serena Kamin
Gheorghe Muresan	...	Max Zamphirescu
Joanna Pacula	...	Lilliana Rotaru
Zane Carney	...	Nick 'Nicky' Kamin
Jere Burns	...	Weller, the Movie Director
Harold Gould	...	Milt Kaminski
Dan Castellaneta	...	Partlow
Raymond O'Connor	...	Eddie
Rider Strong	...	Justin Allen
Doris Roberts	...	Rose Kaminski
Carl Ballantine	...	Rabbi
Eric Lloyd	...	Young Sammy
Jay Black	...	Jay
Lorna Luft	...	Joanne

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, mild violence and brief crude humor.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Romanian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:PG | USA:PG | Norway:11 | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

Lilliana is the name of Gheorghe Muresan's wife. The character's name was originally "Angelica" but they changed it to accommodate Gheorghe, who said when he talks of love he thinks of his wife.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After Max gets the role opposite Steven Seagal in Vegas, the assistant provides forms for Sam to fill out including W-2s. It should be W-4, Employer's Withholding Allowance Certificate, not W-2, which is the annual employee's wage and tax statement issued after year-end used for filing the employee's tax returns.

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 named a town here after you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: My Giant (#5.5)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

What I Did for Love

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.