SUBMITTED BY Timbo

August 8, 2003 — Sure, he's the producer and all. But Richard Zanuck thinks so highly of Tim Burton's latest, "Big Fish", he is singing its praises and putting it at the top of his list.

"This is at the top of the list," says Zanuck of Big Fish, an all-star movie directed by Tim Burton and featuring Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito and Allison Lohman. "Certainly not since Driving have I ever had such a good, positive feeling."

Columbia Pictures' faith in the film is borne out by their decision to release Big Fish for the highly competitive Thanksgiving weekend, up against Eddie Murphy's The Haunted Mansion and the second week of The Cat in the Hat with Mike Myers.

"But we're not in it for the weekend," says Zanuck, who believes he has an Oscar contender on his hands. "We're in it for the long haul. I feel in my heart that this is a marvelous film."

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