Disney releases two The BFG clips and a Disney Legacy featurette in which director Steven Spielberg talks about the movie.
Walt Disney Pictures just released two lovely The BFG clips that will get your heart stirred for the Big Friendly Giant, played by Mark Rylance. But first, watch the Disney Legacy featurette where director Steven Spielberg talks about getting to direct a film for Disney for the first time, and what working on The BFG felt like for him.
“It’s a story about friendship, it’s a story about loyalty and protecting your friends and it’s a story that shows that even a little girl can help a big giant solve his biggest problems.” – Steven Spielberg
In this first clip, the BFG tells young human Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) what he does for work and why she needs to be hidden.
In the second clip, we see that the Big Friendly Giant has breakfast with the Queen (Penelope Wilton) while visiting Buckingham Palace.
Directed by Spielberg, Disney’s “The BFG” tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) on the other hand, are twice as big and at least twice as scary and have been known to eat humans, while the BFG prefers Snozzcumber and Frobscottle. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions. The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Country where he collects dreams and sends them to children, teaching her all about the magic and mystery of dreams. Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their affection for one another quickly grows, but Sophie’s presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants, who have become increasingly more bothersome. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see Queen Victoria (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary (Rebecca Hall), that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.
The BFG lands in theaters July 1st. This year also marks the 100th anniversary of The BFG author Roald Dahl’s death.
Source: ComingSoon.net