Zoltar fortune card from Big (1988)
Contributed by Stephen Coles on Apr 16th, 2025. Artwork published in
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In the 1988 film Big, thirteen-year-old Josh Baskin, played by Tom Hanks, makes a wish in front of a fortune teller machine called Zoltar. Frustrated at his age, he wishes to be “big”. The card dispensed by the machine had a front side with an illustration and hand lettering spelling, “Zoltar Speaks”. On the reverse side is “Your Wish is Granted” in an art-nouveau style. The typeface is Artistik, a late-19th-century design that was revived in the 1970s by Letraset, which is likely how the type was applied for this prop.
Production Designer: Santo Loquasto
Art Directors: Speed Hopkins, Tom Warren
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