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Try as she might,
Sophie couldn’t help
starring at those ears!

Watch the trailer

The BFG

TBC

Roald Dahl’s classic kids’ novel gets the big-screen treatment – and we mean BIG!
DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg
STARRING Mark Rylance,
Ruby Barnhill, Bill Hader

The books of Roald
Dahl lend themselves
well to the silver
screen. To date, we’ve had
live-action versions of Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory,
Matilda, Danny the Champion
of the World and The Witches,
to name but a few. Now
it’s the turn of Dahl’s 1982
children’s classic The BFG.
Directed by Steven
Spielberg (Jurassic Park)
and starring Bridge of Spies’
Mark Rylance in the role of
the Big Friendly Giant, this
epic adventure sees a young
orphan named Sophie (Ruby
Barnhill) discovering the
existence of giants after

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glossary

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Snozzcumber
A type of vegetable
Frobscottle
A type of fizzy drink
Trogglehumper
A really nasty dream
Fleshlumpeater
A really nasty giant
Whoopsy-splunkers
Something marvellous
Human beans
Human beings

a 24-foot individual with huge
ears and his own language
(see glossary) plucks her
from her dormitory during
the witching hour. This
extraordinary creature takes
Sophie to giant country, where
she encounters child-eating
men at least twice as tall as
The BFG. With the help of her
new larger-than-life friend, can
Sophie save Britain’s youngsters
from being gobbled up?
The BFG was adapted to great
success in 1989 as an animated
production starring Only
Fools and Horses’ David Jason.
Will this live-action version
prove as whoopsy-splunkers?
With Spielberg at the helm,
you can bet your house on it.
We’re looking forward to this
one ‘enormously’.
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