Adam Beach, Brent Briscoe, Bud Cort

Struggling actor John Person (Jon Favreau) is hopelessly mired in debt. But things start to look up (or do they?) when he receives an offer from a strange man (Bud Cort) that could solve all his finan...( read more  read more... )cial woes. All he has to do is deliver a blue suitcase to a cowboy (Sean Bean) in the small California desert town of Baker. Once there, however, John discovers he's part of a situation that's way over his head.

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R, 92 min.

Directed by: Steve Anderson (V)

Release Date: January 1, 2003

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DVD Release Date: April 20, 2004

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  • September 16, 2009
    The big empty.....cinema! Which was a shame because this wasn?t such a bad film!
  • November 19, 2006
    Really...really...really freakin' weird.
  • July 27, 2007
    A suitcase and a bowling ball bag along with a cast of off kilter characters including an aspring actor, a lolita and her jealous boyfriend, an FBI agent, a hooker, a cowboy, (what's a cowboy without) an indian, and others.. All meshed together in a small desert town out in "The...( read more) Big Empty".

    I'm still not sure if I've got a complete handle on the movie and I've seen it quite a few times. That aside, I'm all about the quirky films that don't sacrifice plot or character development just to be different. This movie is different, but not just to be different.. amazingly it all fits within the context of the film.

    If you watch the deleted scenes and alternate scenes on the DVD it can clear a bit up, personally I like the extra mystery so I can fill in my own blanks. It can leave you in just enough fog to let your imagination run where it likes.

    Also, I'd have to say Cowboy (Sean Bean) is probably my favorite character I've come across in any movie.
  • October 25, 2009
    Cook is O so hotand it was a good movie.
  • July 7, 2009
    Didn't care for this film.
  • March 19, 2009
    I strange and quirky film.. but great!
  • November 9, 2008
    cook is so hot and this movie is verry funny.
  • May 3, 2008
    The Big Empty follows a set up that is not new, the whole big town guy stranded in a small place surrounded by a range of bizarre folks. The element The Big Empty uses to differentiate itself is the alien factor but this just doesn't seem to fit in as an actual event rather than...( read more) deluded wishing. Great cast and Jon Favreau holds the main role well a much under appreciated actor.
  • February 11, 2008
    A brilliant mess. I love it and hate its ambition at the same time.
  • January 23, 2008
    i thought that it was a dumb movie.

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