Walt Disney Pictures' Hercules (1997) Trailer

Trailer for the 1997 musical comedy adventure based on ancient Greek mythology.Show more

Plot: Hercules is on a quest to become a true hero while facing the menacing Hades.

This film was an anomaly for the time in that it was primarily a comedy film among a sea of animated epics but it still retained the epic scale of the post-Beauty & the Beast period. The film was a box office disappointment, perhaps in large part due to the Christian boycott of Disney that was ongoing at the times. It's really James Woods' masterful performance as Hades that carries this film and it deserves to be more than only a cult classic.

Starring

Tate Donovan as Hercules
Josh Keaton as Young Hercules
Roger Bart as Young Hercules' Singing Voice.
Danny DeVito as Philoctetes
James Woods as Hades
Susan Egan as Megara
Rip Torn as Zeus
Samantha Eggar as Hera.
Lillias White as Calliopes
Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene
LaChanze as Terpsichore
Roz Ryan aa Thaila
Vaneese Thomas as Clio
Bobcat Goldthwait as Pain
Matt Frewer as Panic
Patrick Pinney as the Cyclops
Hal Holbrook as Amphitryon
Barbara Barrie as Alcmene
Amanda Plummer as Clotho
Carole Shelley as Lachesis
Paddi Edwards as Atropo
Paul Shaffer as Hermes
Jim Cummings as Nessus, Tall Theban, & Elderly Theban.
Wayne Knight as Demetrius
Mary Kay Bergman as the Earthquake Lady
Corey Burton as the Burnt Man
Kathleen Freeman as the Heavyset Woman
Keith David as Apollo
Charlton Heston as opening narrator.
Frank Welker as Pegasus.

Songs be Alan Menken & David Zippel

Screenplay by Ron Clements, John Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw, & Irene Mecchi

Directed by John Musker & Ron Clements

Release date June 13, 1997

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