Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.
Practical Effects
Cosgrove Hall's stop-motion giants still creepier than most CGI.
Production
Dream jars glowing with that distinctly 90s BBC fantasy aesthetic.
Director
Brian Cosgrove
David Jason
The BFG (voice)
Amanda Root
Sophie (voice)
Angela Thorne
Elizabeth II (voice)
Ballard Berkeley
Head of the Army (voice)
Don Henderson
Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
Mollie Sugden
Mary (voice)
Frank Thornton
Mr. Tibbs (voice)
Myfanwy Talog
Mrs. Clonkers (voice)
Jimmy Hibbert
Additional voices
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David Jason recorded his entire performance in a single week, reportedly improvising many of the BFG's malapropisms.
This adaptation predates the Spielberg version by 26 years and remains beloved for preserving Dahl's darker edges that Disneyfied remakes softened.
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