Big Eyes is 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.

Plot in Detail (via Wikipedia)

Walter Keane became a national celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the country. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. She generated the paintings from their basement and Walter’s contribution was adding his signature to the bottom. The ruse broke up their marriage, and when she tried to make it known that she authored the paintings, they ended up in a court battle after Walter called her crazy. The case culminated in a dramatic courtroom showdown. The judge put up two easels, side by side, and challenged each of them to start painting. He begged off, blaming a shoulder injury, while she dashed off her familiar big-eyed creation.

Cast

• Christoph Waltz as Walter Keane
• Amy Adams as Margaret Keane
• Krysten Ritter as DeAnn
• Danny Huston as Reporter Dick Nolan
• Terence Stamp as John Canaday
• Jason Schwartzman as Ruben
• Jon Polito as Enrico Banducci

Go see the film this December!