Tall Tale
Legendary American folk heroes come to life as young Daniel Hackett (Nick Stahl) embarks on a quest to save his father's farm from a greedy land baron (Scott Glenn). As Daniel struggles to help his dad (Stephen Lang), he encounters storybook characters such as the tornado-roping Pecos Bill (Patrick Swayze) and hammer-wielding John Henry (Roger Aaron Brown), as well as gun-toting Calamity Jane (Catherine O'Hara) and ax-hauling Paul Bunyan (Oliver Platt) with his loyal blue ox, Babe.
19 April 1954, Pontiac, Illinois, USA
12 January 1960, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
20 August 1946, Iowa, USA
11 July 1952, New York City, New York, USA
14 June 1944, Buffalo, New York, USA
16 November 1907, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
5 June 1952, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
24 August 1961, London, England, UK
August 16 in Tarzana, California, USA
11 November 1964, Belshill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
18 August 1952, Houston, Texas, USA
12 June 1949, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
4 March 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 09, 2017
This film contains the stereotypical western adventure movie material.
March 26, 2009
If the kids can be enticed into theaters during opening weekend, "Tall Tale" is a safe bet to generate strong word of mouth.
January 01, 2000
A children's movie with enough gumption, fire and wit to warm the cockles of an adult heart.
June 13, 2013
Excuse me, is this any lesson for kids? Hey, kids, if you dream hard enough, mythical heroes will step out of your fantasies and help defeat your enemies with fancy gunplay.
August 16, 2017
Dang it if Disney's latest for kids doesn't seem like The Wizard of Oz in chaps, sharing that classic's structure but minus its imagination, charm and songs.
August 16, 2017
The exquisitely photographed landscapes pull you out of your living room and into the grandeur of the West.
August 30, 2004
This is not the stuff of which legends are made.
August 16, 2017
It's homespun homily time: TALL TALE may look like a rousing adventure story for the whole family, but it's really a vehicle for the kind of tiresome moral aphorisms that only William Bennett could love. . .
August 26, 2002
Proves that allies are always available to those who yearn to do the right thing.
January 01, 2000
Mickey's minions herein transform three of America's rootin'est, tootin'est frontier superheroes into politically and ecologically corrected pablum-spewing icons for our time.
March 23, 2003
A good Disney fantasy adventure for kids.
February 13, 2001
If a good children's film is supposed to open the eyes of its young audience, then the somewhat misleadingly titled "Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill" is mighty good.
