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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

6.3 98 mins Adventure   Family   Western   1995
Caravan Pictures   Walt Disney Pictures  
Director(s): Jeremiah S. Chechik

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.

Casts of Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Patrick Swayze

as Pecos Bill

Oliver Platt

as Paul Bunyan

Roger Aaron Brown

as John Henry

Nick Stahl

as Daniel Hackett

Scott Glenn

as J.P. Stiles

Stephen Lang

as Jonas Hackett

Jared Harris

as Head Thug Pug

Catherine O'Hara

as Calamity Jane

Burgess Meredith

as Old Man (uncredited)

Scott Wilson

as Zeb

William H. Macy

as Railroad Magnate

Moira Sinise

as Mary Hackett

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