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Tall Tale (1995)
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.
Updated May 11 2020
Cast
Patrick Swayze
Pecos Bill
Nick Stahl
Daniel Hackett
Catherine O'Hara
Calamity Jane
Jared Harris
Head Thug Pug
Oliver Platt
Paul Bunyan
Stephen Lang
Jonas Hackett
Roger Aaron Brown
John Henry
Crew
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Jackie Burch
Casting
Rick Heinrichs
Art Direction
Roger Birnbaum
Producer
Richard Chew
Editor
Robert Rodat
Writer
Randy Edelman
Original Music Composer
Joe Roth
Producer
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