Penny Marshall
3 titles · american genre
Marshall was the first woman to direct a film that took more than 100 million dollars at the American box office, Big, in which a boy wishes to be big at a carnival machine and wakes up an adult. Awakenings has a shy research doctor use an experimental drug to wake catatonic patients. A League of Their Own follows women brought in to play professional baseball while the men are at war.
Signature
- Warm comedy with a sad undertone.
- Adults acting like children, and children like adults (Big).
- Women's sport and friendship (A League of Their Own).
- True medical stories (Awakenings).
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