---
title: 'The Big Year (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Frankel'
released: '2011-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-year-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Big Year (2011)

2011 · 101 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Big Year is a 2011 American observational comedy film starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson, directed by David Frankel and written by Howard Franklin. The film was based on the 2004 non-fiction book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik. The book follows three men on a quest for a Big Year – a competition among birders to see who can spot and identify the greatest number of bird species in North America in a calendar year. The three actual birders were Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller, who were chasing Komito's prior record. The film uses the same premise with fictional characters.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Frankel](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-frankel)
- **Screenplay:** [Howard Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-franklin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Theodore Shapiro](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-shapiro)
- **Producer:** [Ben Stiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-stiller), [Curtis Hanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/curtis-hanson), [Stuart Cornfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-cornfeld)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lawrence Sher](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-sher)
- **Editor:** [Mark Livolsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-livolsi)

## Cast

- [Jack Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-black)
- [Zahf Paroo](https://cinepixo.com/people/zahf-paroo)
- [Brian Dennehy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-dennehy)
- [Dianne Wiest](https://cinepixo.com/people/dianne-wiest)
- [Al Roker](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-roker)
- [Anjelica Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/anjelica-huston)
- [Gabrielle Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabrielle-rose)
- [Kevin Pollak](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-pollak)
- [Marci T. House](https://cinepixo.com/people/marci-t-house)
- [June Squibb](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-squibb)
- [Steve Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-martin)
- [Joel McHale](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mchale)
- [Rosamund Pike](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosamund-pike)
- [JoBeth Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jobeth-williams)
- [Nate Torrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/nate-torrence)

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Official site: http://www.thebigyearmovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-year-2011
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1304692); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.