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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

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.

1995 |1h 38m |  Adventure, Family, Western

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Cast

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Patrick Swayze

Pecos Bill

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Oliver Platt

Paul Bunyan

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Roger Aaron Brown

John Henry

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Nick Stahl

Daniel Hackett

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Scott Glenn

J.P. Stiles

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Stephen Lang

Jonas Hackett

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Jared Harris

Head Thug Pug

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Catherine O'Hara

Calamity Jane

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Burgess Meredith

Old Man (uncredited)

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Scott Wilson

Zeb

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William H. Macy

Railroad Magnate

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Moira Sinise

Mary Hackett

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$32,000,000.00

Revenue

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