Everyone's Hero
| Everyone's Hero | |
|---|---|
 Promotional movie poster for the film | |
| Directed by | Christopher Reeve Dan St. Pierre Colin Brady |
| Produced by | Igor Khait Ron Tippe |
| Starring | Jake T. Austin Brian Dennehy Whoopi Goldberg Ed Helms Richard Kind William H. Macy Mandy Patinkin Raven-Symoné |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates | September 15, 2006 (USA) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Everyone's Hero is a 2006 computer animated film. It is directed by Colin Brady, Christopher Reeve (who was working on this film at the time of his death [1]), and Dan St. Pierre, with music by John Debney. The majority of this film was produced by IDT Entertainment in Toronto with portions outsourced to Reel FX Creative Studio. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox, and released to movie theatres on September 15, 2006. Everyone's Hero performed poorly at the box office, earning only $6 million in its opening weekend.
The film was rated G by the MPAA, being 20th Century Fox's first theatrically-released film to be rated G by the MPAA since 1997's Anastasia.
Story
"Everyone's Hero" is a comedy-adventure, telling the story of young Yankee Irving's thousand-mile journey to help recover Babe Ruth's stolen bat in time for the Yankees to win the 1932 World Series, and to prove to his father that he did not steal Babe Ruth's famous bat, Darlin.
Cast
The film stars the voice talents of:
- Jake T. Austin as Yankee Irving
- Rob Reiner as Screwie
- Whoopi Goldberg as Darlin
- Mandy Patinkin as Stanley
- William H. Macy as Lefty
- Ed Helms as Louis
- Richard Kind as Hobo Andy/Maitre
- Dana Reeve as Emily
- Raven-Symone as Marty Brewster
- Brian Dennehy as Babe Ruth
- Joe Torre as New York Yankees manager
- Robert Wagner as Mr. Robinson: Commercial Guy
- Conor J. White as Arnold
- Tyler James Williams as Tommy
Crew
- Directed by Christopher Reeve, Dan St. Pierre and Colin Brady
- Screenplay by Rob Kurtz, Jeff Hand
- Based on a Story by Howard Jonas
- Produced by Igor Khait, and Ron Tippe
- Executive producers: Morris Berger, Janet Healy, Stephen R. Brown, Jerry Davis, Dana Reeve, Christopher Reeve
- Music by John Debney
- Edited by John Bryant
- Composition Technical Assistance by Ryan Quaglia
Awards
Everyone's Hero received the Truly Moving Picture Award in 2006, designating it as a film that can “move you to laughter, to tears, to make a difference.”
See also
External links
- Everyone's Hero at IMDb
- Everyone's Hero at Keyframe - the Animation Resource
- Official website
- Everyone's Hero Game Help Donate To The Christopher Reeve Foundation
- Everyone's Hero at the Baseball Movie Guide
- Everyone's Hero at Rotten Tomatoes
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