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George McArthur is a Actor American born on 19 september 1969 at Bakersfield (USA)
George "The Giant" McArthur (born September 19, 1969) is an American actor, and variety artist known for his height.
McArthur was born in Bakersfield, California; the youngest of five children born to Marilyn Baird and Howard McArthur. At 7'4" (2.24m) George is the world's tallest confirmed sword swallower, and holds the unofficial record for longest sword swallowed.
George has had parts in feature films such as Big Fish, Firecracker, and Tough Luck. He has also had small roles on television shows such as According to Jim, Highway to Heaven, The Strip, and Carnivàle. He is generally cast as a giant in the sideshow or circus.
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McArthur was born in Bakersfield, California; the youngest of five children born to Marilyn Baird and Howard McArthur. At 7'4" (2.24m) George is the world's tallest confirmed sword swallower, and holds the unofficial record for longest sword swallowed.
George has had parts in feature films such as Big Fish, Firecracker, and Tough Luck. He has also had small roles on television shows such as According to Jim, Highway to Heaven, The Strip, and Carnivàle. He is generally cast as a giant in the sideshow or circus.
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Firecracker (2005)
, 1h52Directed by Steve Balderson
Genres Thriller
Actors Karen Black, Mike Patton, Susan Traylor, Kathleen Wilhoite, George McArthur, Selene Luna
Roles The Bald Giant
Rating50%
Firecracker is a tale of murder in small town Wamego, Kansas. The film portrays abuse, suffering, denial, and dreams of escape. Jimmy (Jak Kendall), meek, reclusive, and talented, is emotionally imprisoned by his abusive, alcoholic older brother David (Mike Patton) and fanatically religious mother Eleanor (Karen Black). At night Jimmy finds escape in a traveling sideshow carnival. Unlike its drab, depressing daytime reality, the carnival becomes a nightly glittering solitaire on the prairie, beckoning all around to its illusions and make-believe. With a guise of red satin and a heavenly voice, Sandra (also Karen Black), billed as an “oddity of nature,” is the carnival’s premier attraction. Yearning for a way out, Jimmy befriends Sandra, unaware that her imprisonment and degradation, at the hands of Frank (also Mike Patton), the carnival owner, mirrors his own. Sandra, taken by his innocence, finds her own inner strength and suppressed dreams. When David disappears, the metaphorical white-picket fences collapse, leaving raw emotions exposed.
Big Fish (2003)
, 2h5Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Films about families, Wolves in film, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Werewolves in film, Political films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman
Roles Colossus
Rating79%
At his son's wedding party, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) tells the same tall tale he's told many times over the years: on the day Will (Billy Crudup) was born, he was out catching an enormous uncatchable fish, using his wedding ring as bait. Will is annoyed, explaining to his wife Joséphine (Marion Cotillard) that because his father lives in a fantasy world and has never told the straight truth about anything, he felt unable to trust him. He is troubled to think that he might have a similarly difficult relationship with his future children. Will's relationship with his father becomes so strained that they do not talk for three years. But when his father's health starts to fail from cancer, Will and the now pregnant Joséphine return to his hometown in Alabama to visit. On the plane, Will recalls his father's tale of how he braved a swamp as a child after he was dared by a few other children. He meets a witch (Helena Bonham Carter). She shows Don Price and another boy how they were going to die. They run away, frightened. When the witch shows Edward his death in her glass eye, he accepts it without fear. With this knowledge, Edward knew there were no odds he could not face.