Walt Disney Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
by Jeremiah Chechik
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Actor: Nick StahlDirector: Jeremiah Chechik
Primary Contributor: Patrick Swayze
Primary Contributor: Scott Glenn
Primary Contributor: Oliver Platt
Producer: Joe Roth and Roger Birnbaum
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Full Screen
Running Time: 97 unknown-units
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Walt Disney Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Movie Review: True Story Or Fantasy Western Come to Life? Answer: Neither. It Is a Tall Tale
Summary: 5 Stars
In "Tall Tale" you have all the makings of a classic story. There is a very appealing, naïve young hero, who overcomes huge obstacles to right a terrible wrong, at great personal risk and potential loss. You have a greasy, sharp tongued villain and a herd of similar henchmen. You have an evil machine that seems to have a life of its own. You have the classic motive for action both good and ambiguous--money-and you have three--not one, but three--larger than life legendary heroes, who mentor and protect the naive, young hero, but do not diminish him by solving his problem for him. Could there be a more classic script? Probably not.
It's a western, America's favorite genre, wonderfully cast, beautifully staged, and lovingly filmed. The wide open West, the mountains, the desert appear as if they were just made for the locale of the story.
For the first 10 or 20 minutes, you won't even be fully convinced that it is a fantasy. It looks just like another Western, but as it takes off and the story develops, it becomes more and more improbably and more and more engaging. The legendary heroes begin to grow larger than life; the villains get slimier and slimier.
I'm giving nothing away by telling you that it all comes out well in the end (all tall tales do), but not without some last minute heroics by the protagonists.
Best of all this is a movie kids can watch and enjoy as much as the adults. The modest violence is child's play compared to more modern films, and the villains manage to exude evil without using a single four letter word. No one takes off all their clothes.
If you are feeling beat up after a long week of work and want to see an uplifting, you-can-do-it-if-you-try movie, get "Tall Tale" while copies are still available.
This is a true classic.
Summary of Walt Disney Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Patrick Swayze (Ghost) stars as gun-slinging, tornado-riding cowboy legend Pecoas Bill in Disney's most rousing Western adventure yet! Summoned by the imagination of a young boy (Nick Stahl), Pecos sets out to help the lad save the family farm from a greedy landgrabber. Teaming with two other larger-than-life heroes -- a mighty lumberjack and a hulking railroad worker -- they embark on an incredible journey where danger and surprises await at every turn. Packed with plenty of rollicking action and visual effects, untamed adventure doesn't ride any faster or shoot any straighter than "Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure"!Similar DVD Movies
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