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Have You Ever Had A Really Big Secret?
Tom Hanks wonrave reviews for his Oscar nominated performance (1988, Best Actor) as a twelve-year-old boy trapped inside a thirty-year-old body in director Penny Matshall’s winning comedy.At a carnival, young Josh Baskin (Hanks) wishes he was big – only to awake the next morning to discover he is! With the help of his friend Billy, Josh lands a job at a toy company. There, his inner wisdom enables him to successfully predict what children want to buy, making the awestruck, na ve Josh irresistable to a beautiful ladder-climbing colleague (Elizabeth Perkins). But the more he experiences being an adult, the more Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood.
