Big Eyes 2014 Movie

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. More details

Directors

Tim Burton

Cast

Amy Adams Christoph Waltz Danny Huston Krysten Ritter

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

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