Big

Intro

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• behind
• shrunk
• trampoline
• Now that you mention it

• hula-hoops
• jump ropes
• blast

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So, usually when you grow up, you get bigger. Kids are usually small and adults are usually big. What happens when there is a child in an adult’s body? This is the idea behind the movie Big, a Tom Hanks movie from the 80s.

Dialog

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Steph

Devin

Steph:  Have you seen that movie Big?

Devin:  No, I haven’t seen that, unless I forgot.

Steph:  It’s a pretty old movie, with Tom Hanks in it.

Devin:  Oh. Tom Hanks. Maybe I did see it. Yeah. He was like a little kid who got shrunk, or something.

Steph:  Right.Yeah. He was an adult and he turned into a kid. It looked like so much fun! He, uh, got an apartment in New York City. And he just bought all these big toys, like a trampoline and big balls. And he was running around his apartment with toys. And it looked like so much fun. Do you remember that?

Devin:  Yeah. Now that you mention it, I do. It does look fun. It would be fun to go back to be a kid again. But have, like, a little bit of your adult money. So you could buy all the toys you want.

Steph:  Yeah. Totally. I really liked the scene where he, um, was on the piano. Do you remember that? There was a piano that was on the floor. And he jumped around and, on the piano? And made a song?

Devin:  No, I don’t remember that. I think I only saw parts of that movie.

Steph:  Oh man! You gotta see that again. It’s good!

Devin:  I’ll have to go back into the video store. Get a DVD, watch it again, ‘cause that was a good movie.

 

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