The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is a 2012 English-language Comedy film written by Jimmy Carr, Dominic English, Keith Leaf, Shaun Pye, Charlie Skelton, Aiden Spackman, Jez Stevenson and Howard Franklin. The movie is directed by Mick Thomas and David Frankel and produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Stuart Cornfeld and Curtis Hanson under the banner of Red Hour Films in collaboration with Deuce Three, Ingenious Media, Sunswept Entertainment and TSG Entertainment. The big fat quiz of the year features Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Jimmy Carr, Richard Ayoade, James Corden and Bradley Wiggins. The motion picture is based on The Big Year: A Tale of Man Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik. The music was composed by Theodore Shapiro. Cinematography was done by Lawrence Sher and editing by Mark Livolsi. The motion picture has a running time of 102 minutes. It was released on 30th December 2012. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year was made on a budget of $41 million and at the box office it grossed only $7 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by 20th Century Fox.