Cinematic background from The Big Year 2011 - Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.

The Big Year

2011

Comedy

Directors:
David Frankel
Writers:
Mark Obmascik, Howard Franklin
Official poster of The Big Year 2011 directed by [object Object]
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A restaurant that is lit up at night time; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man walking down the street in a city; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man is getting out of an airplane; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man taking a picture of a woman in the back of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A woman standing in front of a window holding a wine glass; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A house that has a lot of christmas lights on it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person walking in the snow near some trees; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man sitting at a table with a glass of wine; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man standing in front of an oriental pavilion; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man is walking in the snow near a mountain; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of people sitting around a table; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man sitting on top of a boat on the water; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man talking on a cell phone while wearing a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man standing on top of a grass covered field; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of people in a canoe on a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A car parked in front of an asian restaurant at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man sitting on top of a bed in a hotel room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing a bow tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person standing in a field with mountains in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man with white hair is posing for a picture; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person with a backpack; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A woman standing in front of an open door in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A woman standing on top of a grass covered hill; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An old truck is parked near the beach; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man in a white shirt and a black jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man in a hat is standing in a pile of trash; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man and a younger man in the snow; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man standing next to a large number three; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man with white hair is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man with a frown on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person standing in the water at sunset with a flock of birds flying overhead; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older woman is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man standing next to a wooden post; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man and woman holding a newborn baby; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man and a woman sitting at a table eating food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A view of a large city from a bridge; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man holding a baby in his arms; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A city street filled with lots of traffic and parked cars; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man with a backpack walking through a desert; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man in a suit and tie looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of people raising their glasses in the air; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man talking on a cell phone while sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man is leaning on the side of a car while holding a video camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of people standing next to a christmas tree; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man in a suit and tie looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A black bird standing on top of a snow covered slope; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A woman looking out over a valley while using binoculars; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man with white hair is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An airplane is flying through the air over the mountains; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person sitting in front of a computer; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of people standing next to each other looking through binoculars; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – Two people are kissing on a bed in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A red truck is parked in the middle of a grassy field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – Two men are looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of skiers skiing down a snowy slope; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A woman looking through a pair of binoculars; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A mountain range with snow on the top of a hill; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – People are walking down the street in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An airplane is flying in the sky on a cloudy day; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – Two men sitting on top of a hill with binoculars; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man sitting on a bed talking on a phone; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man in a hat and a jacket smiles for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An old building with a cow standing in front of it; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person standing next to a tree in the snow; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person holding a glass of wine; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A house in the middle of a field at night with mountains in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing a jacket and a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of people sitting at a table drinking wine; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man looking through binoculars while standing on a boat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A bird standing on top of a snow covered slope; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man sitting in an office chair wearing a shirt and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A woman standing on the porch of a house; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man with long brown hair standing next to a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – Two people wearing rain jackets standing in the rain; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A view of a mountain range in the clouds; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man in a brown jacket and a black hat holding binoculars in front of trees; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man sitting at a table with his arms crossed; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing sunglasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A group of people sitting in a room together; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man sitting on a bed in front of a television; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man and a woman hugging in a living room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man's face in a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man standing in the middle of the road with his arms outstretched; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man with a backpack is standing next to two other men; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man with a white beard and blue eyes looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person in a canoe paddling through the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – An older man wearing a hat and a plaid jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person wearing a hat near a mountain; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A man in a hat and a man in a blue jacket looking at something; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Big Year” (2011), directed by David Frankel – A person is standing in the middle of a snow covered forest; Extreme Wide shot, High angle