Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure poster
Writer Robert Rodat, Steve Bloom
Director Jeremiah S. Chechik
Characters Tex O'Reilly

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

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

Release Date: 1995-03-24

Duration: 98 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

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