Everyone's hero

Resource Information

The work Everyone's hero represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in New Hartford Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Everyone's hero

Statement of responsibility

Dan Krech Productions ; IDT Entertainment ; produced by Kyle Clark, Igor Khait, Ron Tippe ; story by Howard Jonas ; screenplay by Robert Kurtz, Jeff Hand ; directed by Christopher Reeve

Contributor

• Torre, Joe, 1940-
• Hand, Jeff
• Dennehy, Brian
• Jonas, Howard
• Harris, Jason
• Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950-
• Patinkin, Mandy
• Clark, Kyle
• Whitaker, Forest
• Reeve, Christopher, 1952-2004
• Khait, Igor
• Kind, Richard
• Toranzo-Szymanski, Jake
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Raven, 1985-
• Wagner, Robert, 1930-
• Macy, William H., 1950-
• Dan Krech Productions (Firm)
• IDT Entertainment (Firm)
• Tippe, Ron
• Reiner, Rob
• Kurtz, Robert

Subject

• Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948 -- Drama
• Fans (Persons) -- Drama
• Baseball bats -- Juvenile drama
• Animated films
• World Series (Baseball) -- Drama
• Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948 -- Juvenile drama
• Baseball bats -- Drama
• Heroes -- Drama
• Adventure -- Animation | Feature
• Feature films
• Friendship -- Juvenile drama
• Heroes -- Juvenile drama
• Fantasy films
• Adventure films
• Sports -- Animation | Feature
• Children's -- Animation | Feature
• Friendship -- Drama
• Theft -- Juvenile drama
• Theft -- Drama
• Fantasy -- Animation | Feature
• World Series (Baseball) -- Juvenile drama
• Fans (Persons) -- Juvenile drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Animated films
• Adventure
• Children's
• Sports
• Fantasy
• Drama
• Juvenile drama
• Fantasy films
• Adventure films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directors of photography, Jan Carlee, Andy Wang ; editor, John Bryant ; music, John Debney ; production designer, Dan St. Pierre

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

English, French or Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.B28

LC item number

E94796647 2007

PerformerNote

Voices, William H. Macy, Rob Reiner, Brian Dennehy, Raven, Robert Wagner, Richard Kind, Jason Harris, Jake T. Austin, Joe Torre, Mandy Patinkin, Forest Whitaker, Whoopi Goldberg

Runtime

90

Target audience

general

Technique

animation