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.
00:06:20 Bunyan's breath came spurting out like fire.
00:08:45 You're so quick to risk your life. What about your family?
00:11:30 But, Jonas, 50 dollars an acre!
00:18:19 - What haVe we got here? - That's mine! GiVe it back!
00:21:55 I belieVe them Varmints got something that belongs to you.
00:24:54 What happens if we finish the tunnel and the farmers still haVen't sold?
00:28:20 Hackett's kid's disappeared. And the deed with him.
00:31:16 Howdy.
00:35:56 Hush up, you log brain!
00:38:12 You are not the Paul Bunyan my pa was telling me about.
00:40:50 And be squashed like a tin can by his hammer?
00:43:16 Come on, son! Come on!
00:46:45 Jasper, let me haVe some whisky.
00:50:15 two-faced sniVellin' snake!
00:54:05 Babe, Uncle Pecos thinks you're the prettiest blue ox he eVer did see
00:58:25 Get 'em!
01:01:57 Meanest stretch of desolation this side of hell.
01:05:03 Shut up! Shut up! You oVerblown tub o' lard!
01:08:46 And you are nothing but hot air.
01:12:00 Well, now, where was this?
01:15:55 Well, I see your pa's sent a boy to do a man's job!
01:20:50 Boy! Be reasonable!
01:24:29 - Me? - Yeah, you.