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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995 6.3 (77 votes) 1h 38m
Genres
Adventure Family Western
Production Companies
Caravan Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

A journey into a world where legends come to life. Dreams come true. And every boy is a hero.

Overview

A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come to despise anyway. Going alone to a lake to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself in the wild west, in the company of such "tall tale" legends as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Calamity Jane. Together, they battle the same villains Daniel is facing in his "real" world, ending with a heroic confrontation in which the boy stands up to Stiles and his henchmen, and rallies his neighbors to fight back against land grabbers who want to destroy their town.

Key Crew

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik

Writer: Steve Bloom, Robert Rodat

Director of Photography: Janusz KamiƄski

Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Joe Roth

Top Cast

Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze

Pecos Bill

Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt

Paul Bunyan

Roger Aaron Brown
Roger Aaron Brown

John Henry

Nick Stahl
Nick Stahl

Daniel Hackett

Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn

J.P. Stiles

Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang

Jonas Hackett

Jared Harris
Jared Harris

Head Thug Pug

Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara

Calamity Jane

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