English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: DVS – Descriptive Video Service, Spanish : Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1 English: DTS 7.1 HD, English: DVS – Descriptive Video Service, Spanish : Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1 Parents need to know that The BFG — which was directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Roald Dahl’s beloved fantasy book — is about a Big Friendly Giant and Sophie, the young orphan he first snatches and later befriends. The movie has a dark tone, and tense moments of peril and danger punctuate the story from the beginning.