Tall Tale (1995)

Tall Tale: Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. With Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Nick Stahl. A young boy’s imagination summons cowboy legend Pecos Bill, who helps him save the family farm from a greedy land-grabber. With the help of a lumberjack and a railroad worker, they all embark on a surprise-filled adventure.

“I expected some sort of supernatural-type hero story with he likes of Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and Jhn Henry, but this movie was more like a regular adventure. It reminded me, in some respects, of an adventure out West such as White Fang. It was that kind of story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe kid in here, u0026quot;Daniel Hackett,u0026quot; played by Nick Stahl, was a little annoying for awhile, the typical snotty kid they like to show in the movies, but came to his senses by the end and wound up a decent kid who respected the people he was supposed to respect.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMeanwhile, all the characters including bad-guy u0026quot;J.P. Stilesu0026quot; (Scott Glenn) were a lot of fun not only to watch but to listen to, with some good dialog. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn all, it was lightweight fun and a good adventure story rolled into one. Patrick Swaze was a hot as u0026quot;Pecos Billu0026quot; and Oliver Platt equally fun as u0026quot;Paul Bunyan,u0026quot; and who doesnu0026#39;t admire big u0026quot;John Henryu0026quot; (Roger Aaron Brown)?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhy this is not available (at least in Region 1) on DVD is a mystery to me. Itu0026#39;s just a fun movie – pure escapism for more than just kids.”