Tall Tale
Tall Tale (also known as Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill) is a 1995 American Western adventure fantasy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, written by Steven L. Bloom and Robert Rodat, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures and starring Scott Glenn, Oliver Platt, Nick Stahl, Stephen Lang, Roger Aaron Brown, Catherine O'Hara, and Patrick Swayze. It tells the story of a young farm boy who receives aid from tall tale figures in saving his town from a greedy developer.
Plot
In 1905, Daniel Hackett, a young farm boy from the western town of Paradise Valley, is unhappy with his life and dreams of life in New York City. His father Jonas likes to tell Daniel tall tales about Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry, which Daniel has heard many times, leading him to doubt their existence.
More details
| author | Robert Rodat Steve Bloom |
|---|---|
| director | Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| editor | Richard Chew |
| genre | adventure fantasy western |
| keywords | arrest bar fight calamity jane farmer folk hero force greedy developer john henry kill new york city paul bunyan pecos bill rescue tall tale tall tales tornado west western town |
| musicBy | Randy Edelman |
| producer | Joe Roth Roger Birnbaum |
| productionCompany | Caravan Pictures Walt Disney Pictures |
| publisher | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
| theme | children's children's adventure |