Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995 · 98 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 4,448 VOTES · DIR. Jeremiah S. Chechik
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 741 lines
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00:01:54 Sampson, come on, get up. Get up, boy. Come on, Sampson, get up.
00:06:23 Burned down an entire Arizona territory.
00:08:54 That's why I'm doing this.
00:11:47 It's got my sweat in it. My blood, too.
00:18:37 Any gold in his teeth?
00:22:25 but I neVer kill a man on Sunday.
00:25:25 we will haVe the deeds to eVery inch of Paradise Valley...
00:28:51 It would be 100 to one. Nobody can win against those odds.
00:33:53 Get the hell outta here! Go down the pipe and keep going.
00:36:41 Me! Paul Bunyan. The man who inVented logging!
00:38:50 Don't you worry, pretty baby. Papa's here.
00:41:29 You don't know what you can do until you try. Come on.
00:45:35 He ain't that...
00:48:58 All right. Party's oVer.
00:52:38 It's Dannel!
00:57:04 - You shot Pa! - Son, your pa's a fool.
01:00:56 Daddy was just doing the best he knew how.
01:04:14 It's hotter than a June bride in a feather bed.
01:08:06 You don't stop progress, cowboy.
01:11:28 Pa, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
01:13:33 No, Pa. The land's defenceless!
01:18:32 Mister, you just killed yourself.
01:23:42 Pa?
01:28:22 So long, Pecos.