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Hercules

 

 

Premiere Release: June 14, 1997

Official Release Date: June 27, 1997

Copyright: Disney Enterprises, Inc. © 1997

MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted)

Length: 92 Minutes

 

 

Cast Characters Songs Awards

 

Cast

            Tamantha Agee ~ Additional Voice; “Zero To Hero”

            Jack Angel ~ Additional Voice

            Barbara Barrie ~ Alcmene

            Roger Bart ~ Hercules (teen; singing)

            Shelton Becton ~ Additional Voice

            Bob Bergen ~ Additional Voice

            Mary Kay Bergman ~ Earthquake Lady

            Michael Bolton ~ “Go The Distance (End Title)”

            Rodger Bumpass ~ Additional Voice

            Corey Burton ~ Burnt Man

            Jim Cummings ~ Nessus

            Jennifer Darling ~ Additional Voice

            Keith David ~ Apollo

            Debi Derryberry ~ Additional Voice

            Danny DeVito ~ Philoctetes

            Tate Donovan ~ Hercules (adult)

            Paddi Edwards ~ Fate

            Susan Egan ~ Megara

            Samantha Eggar ~ Hera

            Bill Farmer ~ Additional Voice

            Cheryl Freeman ~ Melpomene

            Kathleen Freeman ~ Heavyset Woman

            Matt Frewer ~ Panic

            Milt Garyson ~ Additional Voice

            Bobcat Goldthwait ~ Pain

            Bug Hall ~ Little Boy

            Kellen Hathaway ~ Little Boy

            Charlton Heston ~ Narrator

            Hal Holbrook ~ Amphitryon

            Joshua Keaton ~ Hercules (teen; speaking)

            Wayne Knight ~ Demetrius

            Sherry Lynn ~ Additional Voice

            Mickie McGowan ~ Additional Voice

            Aaron Michael Metchic ~ Ethicles

            Denise Pickering ~ Additional Voice

            Patrick Pinney ~ Cyclops

            Amanda Plummer ~ Fate

            Phil Proctor ~ Additional Voice

            Jan Rabson ~ Additional Voice

            Roz Ryan ~ Thalia

            LaChanze Sapp ~ Terpsichore

            Paul Shaffer ~ Hermes

            Carole Shelley ~ Fate

            Riley Steiner ~ Additional Voice

            Vanéese Thomas ~ Clio

            Fonzi Thornton ~ Additional Voice

            Rip Torn ~ Zeus

            Erik von Detten ~ Additional Voice

            Lillias White ~ Calliope

            Ken Williams ~ Additional Voice

            James Woods ~ Hades

 

 

Characters

            Alcmene ~ Barbara Barrie

            Amphitryon ~ Hal Holbrook

            Apollo ~ Keith David

            Burnt Man ~ Corey Burton

            Clio ~ Vanéese Thomas

            Cyclops ~ Patrick Pinney

            Demetrius ~ Wayne Knight

            Earthquake Lady ~ Mary Kay Bergman

            Ethicles ~ Aaron Michael Metchic

            Fate ~ Paddi Edwards

            Fate ~ Amanda Plummer

            Fate ~ Carole Shelley

            Hades ~ James Woods

            Heavyset Woman ~ Kathleen Freeman

            Hera ~ Samantha Eggar

            Hercules ~ Roger Bart (teen; singing); Tate Donovan (adult); Joshua Keaton (teen; speaking)

            Hermes ~ Paul Shaffer

            Little Boy ~ Bug Hall

            Little Boy ~ Kellen Hathaway

            Megara ~ Susan Egan

            Melpomene ~ Cheryl Freeman

            Narrator ~ Charlton Heston

            Nessus ~ Jim Cummings

            Pain ~ Bobcat Goldthwait

            Panic ~ Matt Frewer

            Pegasus

            Philoctetes ~ Danny DeVito

            Terpsichore ~ LaChanze Sapp

            Thalia ~ Roz Ryan

            Zeus ~ Rip Torn

 

 

Songs

“Go The Distance”

            Roger Bart as Hercules

“Go The Distance (End Title)”

            Michael Bolton

“Go The Distance (Reprise)”

            Roger Bart as Hercules

“The Gospel Truth I”

            Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene

            Roz Ryan as Thalia

            LaChanze Sapp as Terpsichore

            Vanéese Thomas as Clio

            Lillias White as Calliope

“The Gospel Truth II”

            Roz Ryan as Thalia

“The Gospel Truth III”

            Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene

            LaChanze Sapp as Terpsichore

            Vanéese Thomas as Clio

            Lillias White as Calliope

“I Won’t Say (I’m In Love)”

            Susan Egan as Megara

            Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene

            LaChanze Sapp as Terpsichore

            Vanéese Thomas as Clio

            Lillias White as Calliope

“One Last Hope”

            Danny DeVito as Philoctetes

“A Star Is Born”

            Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene

            Roz Ryan as Thalia

            LaChanze Sapp as Terpsichore

            Vanéese Thomas as Clio

            Lillias White as Calliope

 “Zero To Hero”

            Tawatha Agee

            Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene

            Roz Ryan as Thalia

            LaChanze Sapp as Terpsichore

            Vanéese Thomas as Clio

            Lillias White as Calliope

 

 

Awards

1997 Academy Award Nominee ~ Music (Original Song) ~ David Zippel (lyrics) & Alan Menken (music) for “Go The Distance”

1997 Annie Award Nominee ~ Best Animated Feature

1997 Annie Award Nominee ~ Best Individual Achievement: Character Animation ~ Ken Duncan for the character Meg

1997 Annie Award Winner ~ Best Individual Achievement: Producing In A Feature Production ~ Ron Clements, Alice Dewey, & John Musker

1997 Annie Award Winner ~ Best Individual Achievement: Effects Animation ~ Mauro Maressa

1997 Annie Award Winner ~ Best Individual Achievement: Directing In A Feature Production ~ Ron Clements & John Musker

1997 Annie Award Winner ~ Best Individual Achievement: Character Animation ~ Nik Ranieri for the character Hades

 

 

Revised Character names for Philoctetes (“Phil”), Hercules (teen) [“Hercules (young)”],& Megara (“Meg”); & Song Titles Go The Distance, The Gospel Truth, Zero To Hero, I Won’t Say (I’m In Love), & A Star Is Born from the Hercules page at Disney.com (disney.go.com) at  http://psc.disney.go.com/disneyvideos/moviefinder/products/1970803.html

Character name Pegasus from the Hercules page at Disney.com (disney.go.com) at  http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/archives/

 

 

 

 

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