You've seen gravelly-voice actor/singer
Tom Waits in meaty dramatic roles in such films as
The Fisher King (1989),
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) and
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). And you've heard his compositions on the soundtracks of films like
Divine Madness (1980),
Wolfen (1981) and
Let's Get Lost (1988). The 1988 documentary Big Time combines the vocal and visual Tom Waits, endeavoring to juxtapose glimpses of Waits in concert with staged dramatic scenes, allegedly inspired by his songs. Waits himself assumes several wacky characterizations during the fictional sequences. The "real" scenes in Big Time were filmed during a Waits concert at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theatre. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide