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The Big Year (2011)
- PG
- 10/14/2011 (US)
- Comedy
- 1h 42m
Everyone is searching for something.
Overview
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.
David Frankel
DirectorHoward Franklin
ScreenplayCast
![Steve Martin's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/d0KthX8hVWU9BxTCG1QUO8FURRm.jpg)
Steve Martin
Stu Preissler![Jack Black's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/rtCx0fiYxJVhzXXdwZE2XRTfIKE.jpg)
Jack Black
Brad Harris![Owen Wilson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ntN3DL1Us5G2PCvlfq112vLXRKa.jpg)
Owen Wilson
Kenny Bostick![Brian Dennehy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/cg7CwS1vMJXCzZ0FUm4RbrjAJ2t.jpg)
Brian Dennehy
Raymond Harris![Anjelica Huston's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/6hnYeHa7Rc1w1MmQ3JsLSIb7yCX.jpg)
Anjelica Huston
Annie Auklet![Rashida Jones's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/jjp33eRM6oavyesW0UM6XBCxQSa.jpg)
Rashida Jones
Ellie![Rosamund Pike's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/8ObNklHDi2hjdz0ayzJFB9jtqzm.jpg)
Rosamund Pike
Jessica![Dianne Wiest's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/axqtFLgJNNz0N9i443USHCOvrmY.jpg)