Everyone's Hero
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| Everyone's Hero | |
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| 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 Robin Williams |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | September 15, 2006 (USA) |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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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 has performed poorly at the box office, having only earned $6 million in its opening weekend, and earning only about $15 million worldwide.
The film was rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America.
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"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 it.
The boy recovers the bat and then Babe Ruth lets him hit it during the game. Yankee then hits the talking ball and sparks the game-winning rally.
The film stars the voice talents of:
- Jake T. Austin as Yankee Irving
- Brian Dennehy as Babe Ruth
- Whoopi Goldberg as Darlin
- Robin Williams as Napoleon Cross
- Raven-Symoné as Marti
- William H. Macy as Lefty
- Ed Helms as Louis
- Richard Kind
- Mandy Patinkin as Stanley
- Dana Reeve as Emily
- Rob Reiner as Screwie
- Joe Torre
- Robert Wagner as Mr. Robinson
- Conor J. White as Arnold
- Tyler James Williams as Tommy
Note: Robin Williams plays the envious team owner of the Chicago Cubs, a role that was left uncredited due to Williams' request.
- 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
- Everyone's Hero at the Internet Movie Database
- 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