The Big Year is a 2011 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Jim Parsons, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston, Dianne Wiest, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Rosamund Pike and Tim Blake Nelson. The Big Year was directed by David Frankel and written by Howard Franklin. The film was based on the book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession which was written by Mark Obmascik. The film was released on October 14, 2011, in the United States. Filming took place from May to July 2010. The film was released in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2011. Brad Harris , a... computer programmer based in Baltimore, responds to his ex-wife's hard-to-swallow engagement announcement by telling her he's going to do a big year. The same plan is being discussed between a roofing contractor named Kenny Bostick and second wife , the current big year record holder fearing his record of 732 species is to be topped.
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| Release date: | October 14, 2011 |
| Directed by: | David Frankel |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller, Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon, Karen Rosenfelt |
| Editor: | Mark Livolsi |
| Music by: | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography: | Lawrence Sher |
| Screenplay by: | Howard Franklin |
| Estimated budget: | $41,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The big year: a tale of man, nature and fowl obsession |
| Genre: | Comedy |