The BFG Summer Activity Sheets
Summer is a hot place to be! Lots of movies are playing and are in the pan to come out in the coming weeks. The BFG is one of the Disney magical wonders when you want to see it again and again. And when it’s made with Steven Spielberg’s mastery for storytelling – WOW is the best word to express the emotion this whole movie will have on you and your children.
Scroll down to the activity sheets you can easily download and interact with. They are fun and do not call for any extra expense, just a few clicks to send them to your printer. Enjoy and do come to the movies July 1st when the movie The BFG opens to all of us to enjoy!
“The BFG” marked somewhat of a departure for Steven Spielberg.
“I’ve been very blessed to have had all kinds of beautiful experiences telling stories. I’m hesitant to emphasize one story over the other because they have all had tremendous value to me. But I think the number of historical movies that I’ve been making—films like ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Bridge of Spies’ and then going further back to films like ‘Amistad’ and ‘Schindler’s List’—have kept me fettered to the accuracy of telling a historical story.”
“So being able to escape into the world of dreams and imaginations has been a dream in itself,” he continues. “That makes ‘The BFG’ special, because it was my escape into what I think I kind of do best, which is just let my imagination run away with itself.”
“So being able to escape into the world of dreams and imaginations has been a dream in itself.”
The BFG Coloring Book
It was on the first day of filming “Bridge of Spies,” Steven Spielberg’s dramatic Cold War thriller, that the director realized he had found his BFG. Renowned stage actor Mark Rylance, whose credits include TV’s “Wolf Hall” and the acclaimed stage productions “Twelfth Night” and “Jerusalem,” among others, was playing convicted Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, a character far removed from that of the sweet, but simple giant depicted in “The BFG.”
While the director was aware of Rylance’s profound range as an actor, and in fact had been following his career for some time, something else clicked that day. “Mark would go into complete character transformation when the camera was rolling,” says Spielberg, “And while he is one of the greatest stage actors ever, it was the Mark in between takes that really touched my heart. It was then that I knew he could do anything.”
The BFG Giant Maze
The central heartbeat of the story is the relationship between the BFG and Sophie. Newcomer Ruby Barnhill plays Sophie, the curious and compassionate young orphan who is whisked out of her bed and taken to Giant Country, but finding a young actress to play such a significant role was a daunting prospect.
The character of Sophie, who was named after Dahl’s first granddaughter, can’t be pushed around. “She is one of the strongest female characters I think I have ever had in one of my films,” says Steven Spielberg. “She gives so much hope and encouragement to the BFG.”
The BFG Bookmarks
For six months the filmmakers looked at thousands of girls varying in age and experience, but when the director saw 9-year old Barnhill, a school girl from Knutsford in Cheshire, England, her audition stopped him dead in his tracks.
“There was just something about her,” Spielberg says. “She is fascinating and incredibly talented, and just perfect for this role.”
The BFG Word Search
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I like those things myself.The movie would be very nice to see!