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TRAILER: Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ Starring Christoph Waltz & Amy Adams

By Jack Gattanella on Fri 19 Sep, 2014

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We saw a couple of stills, and knew the premise, but now we have a trailer to see for the upcoming Tim Burton drama/bio-pic, Big Eyes, starring Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams.

Here is the official synopsis (source: ):

BIG EYES is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned staggering notoriety by revolutionizing the commercialization and accessibility of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The truth would eventually be discovered though: Keane’s art was actually not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams). The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a lie that had grown to gigantic proportions. BIG EYES centers on Margaret’s awakening as an artist, the phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work.

The film has plenty of power behind it with Waltz (who has two Oscars in less than five years) and Amy Adams (nominated for American Hustle, in acclaimed movies left and right), and seems to be a return to a form not seen in a while from Burton – he re-teams with his Ed Wood writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and is his first outright serious drama since his last ‘Big’ movie, Big Fish in 2003 (unless one counts Sweeney Todd, which was a musical).  The film also stars Danny Huston and Jason Schwartzman.

Here is the trailer below – the film hits theaters Christmas day from the Weinstein Company, prime for the awards season.  Could Burton see his first nomination for best director?  We shall have to see.  Excited to see these people working together?  Tell us on Twitter @

Jack is a graduate of film studies from William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ, and is currently seeking his MFA in Screenwriting at the Academy of Art. He is a screen-writer, film critic, director, and editor, and has also done camera-work for web-series, doccumentaries and shorts. Currently Jack is seeking distribution for his feature film drama, “Green Eyes“, co-produced a sci-fi feature, Audrey Lorea‘s ‘Heaven is Now.‘, as well as a comedy pilot called ‘Losers’ which is being shopped around to networks. He is also a contributing writer for the sites FocusFilm.co.uk, Film Forward, and some of his other reviews can be found on his blogcinetarium.blogspot.com. Jack is a vociferous fan of films and will watch anything interesting, foreign and domestic. He survives by his wife, a political science professor, and currently resides in Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA.
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