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In 1995, John Henry was portrayed in the movie Tall Tale by Roger Aaron Brown. A former slave, John Henry appears to a runaway farmer's son named Daniel to both protect him from ruffians (alongside fellow folk hero figures Daniel's father told his son about, Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan) and impart life lesson wisdom to him.
A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. ... John Henry – a mighty steel-driving African American;
Tall Tale (also known as Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill) is a 1995 American Western adventure fantasy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, written by Steven L. Bloom and Robert Rodat, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures and starring Scott Glenn, Oliver Platt, Nick Stahl, Stephen Lang, Roger Aaron Brown, Catherine O'Hara, and Patrick Swayze.
Disney's American Legends is a 2002 American animated anthology film narrated by James Earl Jones.A compilation of four previously released animated musical shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios based on American tall tales, the collection includes The Brave Engineer (1950), Paul Bunyan (1958), John Henry (2000), and The Legend of Johnny Appleseed which is a segment from the 1948 film ...
John Henry is a 1994 children's picture book by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about the American legendary figure John Henry . In 1998, a 19-minute film adaptation of the book was narrated by Samuel L. Jackson and released by Weston Woods Studios .
"Tall Girl" tells the story of Jodi (Ava Michelle), the tallest girl in school. ... Enola (Millie Bobby Brown), of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes (Henry Cavill). When her mother, and sole ...
Disney retold the story in Disney's American Legends. In the story, John Henry was born into slavery but when he and his wife were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, his wife had their chains forged into a 20-pound hammer. John used the hammer to join with railroad workers who were told if they finished building the railroad line they ...
Tom Sandoval John Lamparski/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust Tom Sandoval‘s newest movie project feels strangely reminiscent of his infamous cheating scandal. The Lifetime Movie ...