Big Eyes

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A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works i... Read allA drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Director
- Tim Burton
Writers
- Scott Alexander
- Larry Karaszewski
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

102K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,740

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Director
- Tim Burton
Writers
- Scott Alexander
- Larry Karaszewski
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 18 nominations total

Trivia
Margaret Keane: Reading a book on a park bench behind Margaret and Walter, when they paint in front of the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts. The end-credit photo of her sitting with Amy Adams was taken when this scene was filmed.

Goofs
"Tomorrow Forever," the UNICEF painting Margaret Keane painted for the 1964 Worlds Fair, was never actually mounted in the Hall of Education. Robert Moses, who had control over everything that was included in the fair, hated it. Once New York Times critic John Canaday trashed it after seeing a photograph of it, Moses had it thrown into the garbage.

Quotes
Ruben: What's that with the big crazy eyes?
Walter Keane: Oh. Well, I believe that you can see things in the eyes. The eyes are the window to the soul.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Christoph Waltz/Nicki Minaj feat. Skylar Grey (2014)

Soundtracks
Tropicville
Written by Cal Tjader
Courtesy of The Weinstein Company

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Featured review

8/10

Not typical Tim Burton, still a nice drama that's fun and it inspires with love, and finding artistic discovery.

I'm a big fan of Tim Burton and with his latest "Big Eyes" it clearly is not typical Tim Burton it's more of a serious tone and manner it's different from comic book tales and animation of the dark senses and world of Tim. This film is actually a true take on the life and times of female painter Margaret Keane as it's a true tale of discovery, fate and getting to know your world thru the eyes of art. Set in the 1950's California Margaret Keane(Amy Adams)is a single mother who decides to set out on her own as her talents of the brush and drawing is her only hope to earn her bucks for her and her daughter. Upon meeting Walter(Christoph Waltz)a sharp and arrogant know it all showman type, it's under the spell that Margaret soon becomes Mrs. Keane. And success and fame and public notice comes from the couples paintings only the Mr. takes all the credit! This film becomes a legal dispute as who is claiming the work is in question yet you as the viewer know who's best at the brush! Overall nice little sentimental film from Tim it's different yet that's what makes a director and a film work that's a different take that appeals to the big eyes of viewers!