For more videos related to this film, check out our curated playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQnigF_xmZEQkwSsLZGOgZenkUd9Bxth Hercules (93 min) Synopsis: After imprisoning the Titans, Zeus and his wife Hera welcome their first child, Hercules. Whilst all of Mount Olympus celebrates, the evil Hades hears a prophesy from the Fates that Hercules will thwart his plans to release the Titans. To prevent this, Hades sends his henchmen, Pain and Panic, with a potion to steal Hercules’ strength and make him mortal. Before they can finish the job, Amphitryon and Alcmene find and adopt Hercules as their own. Left with superhuman strength, Hercules grows up a clumsy child who can’t fit in. Willing to “Go the Distance”, he travels to the Temple of Zeus, and finds out his true parentage. Zeus sends him to Philoctetes, a grumpy satyr whose one last hope is to train Hercules to be a hero. He goes from “Zero to Hero” and travels to Thebes, where he defeats the Hydra and falls in love with Meg, who won’t say she’s in love with him too. But when Hades’ plan is revealed, Hercules learns what it really means to be a hero. Cast: Tate Donovan (adult Hercules), Danny DeVito (Phil), Susan Egan (Megara), James Woods (Hades), Charlton Heston (opening narrator), Matt Frewer (Panic), Bobcat Goldthwait (Pain), Paul Shaffer (Hermes), Rip Torn (Zeus), Samantha Eggar (Hera), Joshua Keaton (teen Hercules speaking), Roger Bart (teen Hercules singing), Hal Holbrook (Amphitryon), Barbara Barrie (Alcmene). Songs: “The Gospel Truth,” “Go the Distance,” “One Last Hope,” “Zero to Hero,” “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love)” “A Star is Born,” Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements. General release on June 27, 1997, after a June 14 premiere at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, and a limited release beginning there the next day. US Home Media Releases: February 3, 1998 (VHS); October 7, 1998 (DVD); November 9, 1999 (DVD); August 1, 2000 (DVD/VHS); August 12, 2014 (BR/DVD); Trivia: • Frames: 133,920 • Musker and Clements were attracted by the mythological aspects of the Hercules story, and decided to produce the film, along with Alice Dewey, in the fall of 1993. Over the next nine months, the two collaborated on an outline, several treatments, and eventually an initial script, aided by art director Andy Gaskill, who oversaw the visual development on the film. • British artist/political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, with a bold, expressive linear style, was brought in to assist with character design, and he remained involved as an ongoing artistic adviser to the animators. • A field trip to Greece and Turkey in the summer of 1994 gave artists a firsthand look at landscapes and ancient sites, and an opportunity to hear expert accounts of classic Greek mythology. • Animation began in early 1995, and eventually a team of nearly 700 artists were involved with the project. • The film features the first use in animation of the process of morphing, wherein an object is made to smoothly transform into another, utilizing computer technology. The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.