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Big Eyes

Summary: 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.

Release Date: December 25, 2014

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: Scott Alexander

, Larry Karaszewski

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Weinstein Company, Silverwood Films, Tim Burton Productions

Distributor: The Weinstein Company

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,482,031

International: $ 14,779,586

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1950s 1960s abandoned by husband abandoned by wife abusive husband acrylic painting acrylic painting adult lies to a child adult lies to a child ambassador andy warhol andy warhol quotation andy warhol quotation apology applying lipstick archival photograph archive footage argument arson art art critic art exhibition art factory art factory art fraud art gallery art gallery opening art gallery opening art gallery owner art portfolio art reproduction art reproduction art review art school art studio art theft art thief artist attempted stabbing attic baby bed banging on a door bank check bar based on real person based on true story beach bechdel test passed begins with quotation betrayal biblical quotation bitterness body part in title book boy breaking a glass coffee table breaking a glass coffee table bribe cafe california camera celebrity champagne chauvinism chauvinist child custody chinatown san francisco chinese church cigarette cigarette smoking close up of eye con man confession confessional copying machine court courtroom cover up crate critic crying crying woman deafness deception defamation defending oneself in court delusion difficulty hearing difficulty hearing divorce divorcee dog doorbell drink drinking drunkenness easel eating ego ends with biographical notes espresso ethics ex husband ex wife relationship expose expressionism eyeglasses eyes f word fame father daughter relationship fear fight film camera fire flash camera flash forward flirting food footsteps fork fortune cookie fraud french poodle friend friendship furniture company furniture company gallery gay slur girl golden gate bridge san francisco gossip columnist grand opening greed grocery store habitual liar habitual liar hallucination hawaii hidden key hit in the face hit over the head with a painting hit with a painting hit with a painting hitting one's head on a fireplace hitting one's head on a fireplace holding hands honeymoon honolulu hawaii house on fire husband wife relationship ice cream cone impersonation impostor industrialist initials innocence insanity italian jazz club jazz music jehovah's witness jellybean joan crawford character joan crawford character job interview journalist judge jury keane gallery san francisco keane gallery san francisco key kiss kissing kitsch knocking on a door knocking on a glass wall lack of confidence large format camera lawsuit lawyer leaving husband liar libel lie life magazine life of celebrity before becoming famous listening to a radio listening to music listening to music on a radio locked door looking at oneself in a mirror looking through a keyhole magazine mail man wears a tuxedo marijuana marital separation marriage marriage of convience marriage of convience marriage proposal mayor men's bathroom mental illness methodist microphone mirror modern art money montage moral dilemma mother daughter embrace mother daughter relationship mother lies to her daughter mother lies to her daughter murder threat muse naivety narcissism narcissist new york city new york times new york world's fair new york world's fair new york world's fair 1964 1965 newspaper newspaper columnist newspaper headline nickname north beach san francisco northern california numerology obscene finger gesture oil painting olivetti typewriter orphan outdoor art show outdoor art show painter painting pay phone penniless perry mason television show perry mason television show photograph photographer picture on front page of newspaper plagiarism plagiarist polaroid photograph poodle portrait painting posing post world war two postcard poster posting a flyer pride priest printing machine printing machine printing press private art gallery procrastination proposing marriage on bended knee publicity pursuit quitting a job radio show radio station raised middle finger reading the bible real estate realtor reference to amedeo modigliani reference to andy warhol reference to bob hope reference to camille pissarro reference to chiang kai shek reference to claude monet reference to david rose reference to david rose reference to georgia o'keefe reference to god reference to harpo marx reference to jehovah reference to jekyll and hyde reference to jerry lewis reference to jesus christ reference to joan crawford reference to joseph mccarthy reference to kim novak reference to leonardo da vinci reference to madame chiang kai shek reference to marilyn monroe reference to mark rothko reference to merv griffin reference to michelangelo reference to natalie wood reference to pablo picasso reference to paul gauguin reference to pierre auguste renoir reference to red skelton reference to red skelton reference to tab hunter reference to the beach boys reference to the bible reference to the book of timothy reference to the book of timothy reference to the mona lisa reference to the tooth fairy reference to wassily kandinsky reference to wayne newton reflection in a store window religious zealot reporter restaurant rock music running salesman san francisco california sarcasm scam scandal scene during opening credits scheme scraping paint off a painting scraping paint off a painting secret seeking a job shouting signature signing a painting signing a painting signing an autograph single mother sketching sketching a portrait slander sleeping on a couch some scenes in black and white soviet ambassador stabbed with a fork staple gun staring starts with andy warhol quotation starts with andy warhol quotation stepfather lies to his stepdaughter stepfather lies to his stepdaughter stepfather stepdaughter relationship stolen art street artist street fair streetcar studio suburb success suitcase sunglasses supermarket surf music surgery suspicion swimming pool swimsuit talking to a dog tear on cheek tears telephone telephone call teletype machine television reporter test pattern on tv screen throwing a lighted match at someone throwing lit matches throwing lit matches tickling someone's nose tickling someone's nose timeframe 1950s timeframe 1960s title spoken by character trial turpentine twenty dollar bill two word title typewriter united nations international children's fund vase voice over narration waif wall clock war orphan watching tv wedding wedding photograph wet bar wet bar what happened to epilogue wine wiping a tear away witness woman wears a one piece swimsuit womanizer women's bathroom woodside california world's fair year 1949 year 1958 year 1960 year 1963 year 1964 year 2000

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