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Tall Tale

63 %|Mar 24, 1995|Adventure, Family, Western

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.

Featured Crew

Jeremiah S. Chechik
Director
Steve Bloom
Writer
Robert Rodat
Writer
Randy Edelman
Original Music Composer
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Richard Chew
Editor
Jackie Burch
Casting
Eugenio Zanetti
Production Design

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Cast

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Patrick Swayze
Pecos Bill
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Oliver Platt
Paul Bunyan
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Nick Stahl
Daniel Hackett
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Scott Glenn
J.P. Stiles
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Stephen Lang
Jonas Hackett
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Jared Harris
Head Thug Pug
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Catherine O'Hara
Calamity Jane
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Burgess Meredith
Old Man (uncredited)
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William H. Macy
Railroad Magnate
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Moira Sinise
Mary Hackett