This handout is an excellent tool for students to use while watching disneys hercules movie. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by walt disney feature animation for walt disney pictures. What do you do with a movie that, although loved by children, takes a greek myth, changes the plot, modifies the characters almost beyond recognition, mixes in christian theological themes, and adds parallels to a comic book character. Hercules first appears as a babeinarms, cute and cuddly, the center of all attention on olympus. Hercules 1997 voice actors cast and characters youtube. However, unbeknownst to hades, the plan to have hercules killed only serves to render him mortal, while leaving him with superhuman strength. Hercules 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I chose this poster because hercules in the movie and in greek mythology struggles himself with his character, especially when he. Hercules, son of the greek god, zeus, is turned into a halfgod, halfmortal by evil hades, god of the underworld, who plans to overthrow zeus. The film is loosely based on the legendary hero heracles known in the film by his roman name, hercules, the son of zeus, in greek mythology. Images of the hades voice actors from the hercules franchise. The story of the greek mythological figure, updated in this 80s version. Hercules hes the strongest man in the world and a darn nice young fellow to boot.
After hearing the fates prophesy that his plans to take over olympus will fail if zeus newborn son hercules fights in the battle, hades commands his minions to feed hercules a potion that will make him mortal. It was a midquel series that presented hercs life in high school and had him hanging out with fellow greek characters icarus and cassandra. An 1997 animated adaptation of the character from greek mythology. Hercules, disneys latest summer animation, certainly displays the muscle and charm to dominate family and kid. Find and watch all the latest videos about hercules 1997 film on dailymotion. Hercules is raised on earth and retains his godlike strength, but when he discovers his immortal heritage zeus tells him that to return to mount olympus he must become a true hero.
The 35th disney animated feature film and the eighth animated film produced during the disney renaissance, the film was directed by ron clements and john musker. When hercules first finds phil, he refused to have anything to do with him, but as the movie progressed phil caves in. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Hercules battles monsters, hades and the titans, but it. In order to return home to mount olympus, hercules needs to prove he can move from zero to true hero with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil a feisty p. The following are fictional characters from disney and new line cinemas 1997 film hercules and from the derived 1998 tv series. The film is based on the legendary greek mythology hero heracles as known as his roman name hercules, the son of zeus in greek. Phil hercules, 1997 hercules characters, disney hercules. Go the distance reprise go the distance michael bolton i wont say im in love. Parents need to know that hercules about what it really means to be a hero is a shade darker than many other disney blockbusters. Eric goldberg, the supervising animator for philoctetes.
It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became one. Welcome back to a decade of, in which were chronicling the disney renaissance period one film at a time. Characters from hercules 1997 and its television series. In order to return home to mount olympus, hercules needs to prove he can move from zero to true hero with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil. Students are also expected to sketch at least 5 characters. Pinning this for the statement above hercules anyone else peg pegasus as their favorite character. Long ago, in the far away land of ancient greece there was a golden age of powerful gods and extraordinay heroes. Voice cast tate donovan as hercules, based on the mythological deity heracles. The son of greek gods zeus voice of rip torn and hera samantha eggar, hercules voice of josh. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing hercules 1997 near you.
Apr 07, 2018 characters like zeus, hera and hercules adopted parents alcmene and amphitryon dont have much of an impact. Heroes the titular protagonist who aspires to become a true hero. The film focuses on hercules efforts to become a hero and on a conflict with his uncle hades. Odin voiced by garrison keillor oneeyed king of valhalla. The son of zeus and hera, hercules was stripped away from his home on mount olympus and turned mortal by his evil uncle, hades, though he maintained his immense strength. Appreciation of movie references within movies morning stretches to start the day. But soon, the evil hades gets wind of his birth and plots to have the infant killed. This disney animated feature about the myth of hercules takes a lighthearted, humorous approach, similar in tone to 1992s aladdin. Disneys hercules wiki is a fandom movies community. These are heavily interpreted versions of greek mythology, very different from the classical versions.
Lyrics to the songs featured on the soundtrack to disneys hercules. Hercules becomes a famous hero with the help of his friend pegasus and his personal trainer, phil the satyr. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The latest hercules 1997 film videos on dailymotion. Students are asked to identify mythological characters that are found in the movie and write a description about them. In fact, as film critic jack mathews has pointed out, the disney storytellers have merged the hercules of myth with the modernday superhero, superman. On the set of hercules starring dwayne johnson making of video.
Hercules songs with lyrics from the soundtrack disney. Not surprisingly, this film and that had the same two directors, john musker and ron clements. In order to return home to mount olympus, hercules needs to prove he can move from zero to true hero with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil a feisty personal trainer. In both hercules and the superman story, the hero has otherworldly origins, is separated from his parents, is adopted by humble earthlings, and feels like a weirdo as a kid before finally. Evil damsel in distress meg phil is a retired trainer of heroes. List of disneys hercules characters sonicwb wikia fandom. Today, well be looking at hercules, disneys second attempt at adapting characters from greek mythology, after the pastoral symphony segment of the original fantasia. The son of zeus and hera, hercules was stripped away from his home on mount olympus and turned mortal by his evil uncle, hades, though he maintained his immensestrength. Hercules is a 1997 animated feature produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures on june 27, 1997. The 35th disney animated feature film, the film was directed by ron clements and john musker. Its also worth noting that this was the last movie from the studio that alan menken scored until home on the range in 2004.
Hercules 1997 watch the 35th movie in disney animated classics series based on the legendary greek mythology hero heracles characters intro lines narrator. Get your swag on with discounted movies to stream at home, exclusive movie gear, access to advanced screenings and discounts galore. In the original movie, josh keaton voiced hercules as a teenager, while tate donovan was the hero as an adult, and roger bart was hercules singing voice in the song go the distance. I can agree to most of what you say, but hercules is a film that i enjoy immensely, despite its many flaws.
The titans, the portrayal of which was in some ways very close to ancient greek theology ancient beings defeated by zeus and imprisoned in the underworld, their powers were very broad as well and in some ways very different the original titans were deities not so different from the olympians and the parents of several of them, rather than near mindless elemental monsters. A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human. Cast tate donovan hercules josh keaton young hercules roger bart young hercules singing danny devito phil james woods hades susan egan meg bobcat goldthwait pain matt frewer panic rip torn zeus samantha eggar hera barbara barrie alcmene hal holbrook amphitryon paul shaffer hermes amanda plummer the fates carole shelley the fates paddi edwards the fates. Jan 05, 2018 hercules 1997 voice actors cast and characters. Producer alice dewey mentioned that hades was supposed to talk in a slow. Although there are many similarities between the disney movie hercules and the actual myth, the movie is quite inaccurate. Hercules battles monsters, hades and the titans, but it is his selfsacrifice to rescue.
He is a god, whose divinity was stolen from him as a newborn. Along the way, hercules must match wits with grecian beauty meg and a comical hothead named hades who, with the help of pain and panic, plans to take over the universe. Theres a lot of gore and intense, scary stuff for a grated movie, including gruesome monsters and endoftheworld images floods, fires, ice storms, mass destruction that might overshadow the more lighthearted musical components. The lyrics are by david zippel, and i have to say that i really love the gospel vibe they give to the music. I chose this poster because hercules in the movie and in greek mythology struggles himself with his character, especially when he becomes arrogant about his strength. Hercules disney character archetypes images the battle. The following are fictional characters from disney s 1997 film hercules and from the 1998 tv series. Once he completes his training under phil and starts picking up wins over. The plot of the movie is hades is planning to unleash a bunch of monsters that will result in the death of zeus and its up to hercules to put a stop to it before its to late.
He is based on the mythological heracles, most known under the roman spelling hercules. Zero to hero bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god zeus. This could have been an interesting plot point concerning how hercules feels about his biological and adoptive parents, but it isnt addressed at all. In the episode hercules and the twilight of the gods, hercules and phil visit valhalla and meet the norse gods, including. Hercules is tutored by philoctetes, also known as phil. Hercules 1997 film everything about fiction you never wanted to know. Loki voiced by vince vaughn cunning, manipulative god of mischief. Nov 18, 2012 hercules becomes a famous hero with the help of his friend pegasus and his personal trainer, phil the satyr. Characters featured in disneys hercules 1997 and hercules. Below is a bulleted list of some of the differences. Besides the flying, hercules and phil get their faces licked by him. Along with his friends pegasus, a flying horse, and phil, a personal trainer, hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded. Hercules is the titular protagonist of disneys 1997 animated feature film of the same name. The film is loosely based on the legendary hero heracles known in.
Characters like zeus, hera and hercules adopted parents alcmene and amphitryon dont have much of an impact. One student told us about a class in mythology whose teacher had turned hercules into a test. Hercules 1997 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Hercules tate donovan young hercules josh keaton phil danny devito hades james woods meg. Disneys animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. Starring kevin sorbo as hercules and michael hurst as iolaus, it was produced from january 16, 1995 to november 22, 1999. Topheavy, very muscular, very handsome, medium skin, both orange hair and eyebrows and blue. The legendary journeys is an american television series filmed in new zealand, based on the tales of the classical greek culture hero heracles hercules was his roman analogue. Hercules songs with lyrics from the soundtrack disney song. If im being honest the plot of this movie can at times seem pretty weak but then there are times where its all the characters think and talk about.