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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Mar 24, 1995
1h 38m
★ 6.2

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.

Genres

Adventure
Family
Western

Production Companies

Caravan Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures

Cast

Patrick Swayze

Pecos Bill

Patrick Swayze

Oliver Platt

Paul Bunyan

Oliver Platt

Roger Aaron Brown

John Henry

Roger Aaron Brown

Nick Stahl

Daniel Hackett

Nick Stahl

Scott Glenn

J.P. Stiles

Scott Glenn

Stephen Lang

Jonas Hackett

Stephen Lang

Jared Harris

Head Thug Pug

Jared Harris

Catherine O'Hara

Calamity Jane

Catherine O'Hara

Burgess Meredith

Old Man (uncredited)

Burgess Meredith

Scott Wilson

Zeb

Scott Wilson

William H. Macy

Railroad Magnate

William H. Macy

Moira Sinise

Mary Hackett

Moira Sinise

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