Hercules

Hercules (1997)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Release date

1997-06-13

Country

United States

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation

Genre

Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Budget

$85 000 000

Revenue

$252 712 101

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Director

Ron Clements, John Musker

Actors

Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Susan Egan, Bobcat Goldthwait, Matt Frewer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar
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Scenario

Producer

Ron Clements, John Musker, Alice Dewey, Noreen Tobin

Operator

Composer

Alan Menken

Artist

Audition

Ruth Lambert

Editing

Tom Finan, Robert W. Hedland
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• At the beginning, Hermes says that Orpheus designed the bouquet. However, Orpheus was a contemporary of Hercules.
• Ricky Martin voiced adult Hercules in the Mexican-Spanish version of the film.
• At the beginning of the film, Narcissus can be seen as a god. However, he was actually a mortal.
• Hades, acting as the villain, resembles a Christian devil more than the Greek god of the underworld, who, in reality, did not inflict harm on anyone, ruling the realm of the dead. In the film, he is a hot-tempered, impulsive businessman who hates his job and dreams of overthrowing Zeus and his entourage from Olympus. Initially, Hades was conceived as slow and menacing, but James Woods, who voices him, did things his own way.
• Hercules is not the son of Zeus and Hera. In mythology, he is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman. For this, Hera was furious and sent Hercules many trials to destroy him. However, the original idea didn’t quite fit the film. In the cartoon, he is the son of Zeus and Hera. Alcmena and her husband, Amphitryon, appear in the Disney version as his adoptive parents.
• When Hercules enters Phil's house, he hits his head on the mast of the Argo. Phil tells him to be careful. In mythology, the mast of the Argo killed Jason.
• During the scene where Hercules is posing for the artist, he is wearing a lion's skin. When Hercules takes it off, you can see that the lion has a scar above its left eye. Just like Scar in The Lion King.
• Phil's line after saving Meg from the Centaur, "Next time, don't let your guard down because of a pair of big goo-goo eyes," originally sounded like, "Next time, don't let your guard down because of a pair of big, blue eyes." However, when the scene was in color, it turned out that Meg's eyes are purple.
• Phil’s line after saving Meg from the Centaur, “Next time, don’t let your guard down because of a pair of big goo-goo eyes,” originally read: “Next time, don’t let your guard down because of a pair of big, blue eyes.” However, when the scene was in color, it turned out that Meg’s eyes are purple.