Big Eyes (2014)
Director
Tim Burton
Main cast
Amy Adams; Christoph Waltz; Krysten Ritter; Danny Huston; Jason Schwartzman
Genres
Drama
Description
A drama centered on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Tim Burton
Main cast
Amy Adams; Christoph Waltz; Krysten Ritter; Danny Huston; Jason Schwartzman
Genres
Drama
Description
A drama centered on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
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