Tom Waits: Big Time (1988)
The concert was "the best live performance of the year." The movie is BIG TIME.
Bringing his unique sense of humor to this bizarre and original piece of moviemaking, Tom Waits takes the audience through a musical journey with his jazzy, quirky, bluesy tunes presented as you would never, ever, ever expect.
- Date of release
- 1988-12-30
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Director
- Chris Blum
Casting
- Tom Waits — Self
- Michael L. Blair — Musician
- Ralph Carney — Musician
- Greg Cohen — Musician
- Marc Ribot — Musician
- Willie Schwarz — Musician
- Miss Keiko — Featured Performer
- Gerty the Monkey — Featured Performer
- Adam Bomb — Spanish Announcer (voice)
Interesting facts
Big Time is a 1988 American musical film directed by Chris Blum.
Production
Filming took place in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California.
There were no known existing 35mm prints of this concert film until an archival one appeared in the late 2010s.
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