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Hercules (1995 film)

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Music by
  
Andrew Dimitroff

Production company
  
Jetlag Productions

Music director
  
Andrew Dimitroff

Written by
  
George Arthur Bloom

Edited by
  
Bruce Cathcart

Initial release
  
1995

Produced by
  
Mark Taylor

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Directed by
  
Toshiyuki Hiruma Takashi

Starring
  
Tony Ail Nathan Aswell Chera Bailey Kathleen Barr Lillian Carlson Garry Chalk Ian James Corlett Michael Donovan Kent Gallie Phil Hayes Roger Kelly Ellen Kennedy Terry Klassen Joanne Lee Andrea Libman Tom McBeath Lois McClean Scott McNeil Jesse Moss Douglas Newell Richard Newman Crystaleen O'Bray Doug Parker Gerard Plunkett Susan Schiff Raquel Shane Scott Swanson Venus Terzo Stevie Vallance Wanda Wilkinson Dale Wilson

Distributed by
  
Goodtimes Entertainment

Directors
  
Toshiyuki Hiruma, Takashi Masunaga

Cast
  
Garry Chalk, Kathleen Barr, Michael Donovan, Terry Klassen, Andrea Libman

Similar
  
The Amazing Feats of Y, Hercules and the Circle of, Hercules and the Princess, Herakles, Hercules the Avenger

Hercules 1995


Hercules is a 1995 film about the story of the Greek demigod Hercules, the son of Zeus and Alcmene.

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Plot

In Ancient Greece in the land far away, when people read Greek mythology came the time of legend – the greatest son of Zeus – Hercules. Hercules was once destined to be the King of Mycenae as his father Zeus had planned but his jealous stepmother Hera had other plans. Hera not willing a bastard son of Zeus should overshadow her, decided to let another boy, Eurystheus, his cousin born first which deprived Hercules of the right. Hera tried to kill Hercules with two serpents but he strangles them both.

As the years go by, Hercules displayed strength like no other boy his age which unknown to many, his father is really Zeus. Eurystheus was then declared king after winning a race. Unable to accept his defeat, Hercules challenged Eurystheus to another round which accidentally takes away the life of his mother Alcmene. Feeling guilty even with all the consolation Megara gives him, he goes to the oracle and consults Apollo who tells him he must perform the "Twelve Labors" for Eurystheus. He refuses at first until the guilt goes so deep that he gives in to the challenge.

Hercules is given a series of challenges each one was designed tougher by the other by his stepmother Hera. He was first sent to kill the Nemean lion which he succeeded into turning his coat. He also drove away the Stymphalian birds with the help of Athena's cymbals. Each one was made difficult by the other as his stepmother hopes to see the last of him.

A series of labors are shown like the slaying of the Lernaean Hydra, catching the stag of Artemis, the Cathmanian boar, the Cretan bull, cleaning the Augeean stables, getting the girdle of Hippolyte, the man-eating mares of Diomedes and the Cattle of Geryon (but the monster is not shown).

When asked to get the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, he does not get permission so he goes to Atlas who gets the apples for him. He carries the world for a while and tricks Atlas into holding the sky again as soon as the apples are retrieved. The last was the most dreadful as he is forced to go down to the Underworld to take Cerberus. He gets Cerberus and takes him back to Eurytheus. The two then reconcile after the labors have ended and he has pacified the wrath of his stepmother Hera who worked to make his life miserable. In the end, he marries Megara.

Characters

  • Hercules – The illegitimate son of the god Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. He is stronger than any man being able to kill two snakes even as an infant.
  • Megara – The love interest of Hercules. Unlike in the original myths, she was married to him at the end of the labors.
  • Eurystheus – The cowardly king of Mycenae whom Hera used as opposition to Hercules.
  • Zeus – The father of Hercules and king of the gods.
  • Hera – The queen of the gods and the stepmother of Hercules.
  • Hades – The brother of Zeus and ruler of the afterlife.
  • Athena – The half-sister of Hercules and goddess of wisdom.
  • Alcmene - The mother of Hercules.
  • Cast

  • Megara - Kathleen Barr
  • Atlas - Garry Chalk
  • Hera - Kathleen Barr
  • References

    Hercules (1995 film) Wikipedia