Familiar Tale

Tall Tale (also known as Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill) is a 1995 American Western adventure fantasy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, written by Steven L. Bloom and Robert Rodat, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures and starring Scott Glenn, Oliver Platt, Nick Stahl, Stephen Lang, Roger Aaron Brown, Catherine O'Hara, and Patrick Swayze. It tells the story of a young farm boy who receives aid from tall tale figures in saving his town from a greedy developer. Though shooting of the film was completed in 1993, it did not get a theatrical release until March 24, 1995 by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office failure, grossing only $8.2 million on an estimated $32 million budget.