The first story, hercules and the first day of school is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. At least most of the original voice actors reprised their roles for this tv series, and james woods always rocks as hades. The animated series, a syndicated disney television series focusing on hercules during his time at the prometheus academy. In hercules and the grim avenger, our hero battles with theseus against a foulsmelling minotaur.
Feb 11, 20 in this filmbyfilm wallow in the depths of disneys directtovideo sequels and spinoffs of their more respectable theatrical animated features, i had initially been compelled to skip right over 1999s hercules. He is the snobbish prince of thrace, who enjoyed humiliating hercules and his friends during their time at prometheus academy. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney feature animation for walt disney pictures. It is widelyremembered for the movies songs by alan menken, including go the distance and zero to hero. He is based on the mythological heracles, most known under the roman spelling hercules. This year marks the 19th anniversary of the beloved movie, so well just. The seven year itch 1955 one scene during the zero to hero sequence depicts hercules and pegasus riding through a muselike constellation.
After the events of disneys hercules 1997, herc reminiscences about his teenage years which he mostly spent at the prometheus academy for gods and men where he was sent during his hero training by his mentor, satyr philoctetes. Zero to hero is a song featured in the film, disneys hercules. With tate donovan, diedrich bader, barbara barrie, jodi benson. The series, released on august 17, 1999, it is said to be the official sequel to the 1997 film. Images of the voice actors who play the voice of minotaur in hercules. Jan 20, 2019 hercules zero to hero megara scene disney princess mr khing. May 07, 2012 zero to hero from hercules soundtrack version artist chorus hercules, lillias white, cheryl freeman, lachanze, roz ryan, vaneese thomas, tawatha agee. As they do, the muses dress in the constellation blows up, just as marilyn monroes characters dress did. The series, albeit shorter and with altered lyrics towards the end. Young hercules struggles to get through school and be accepted without his mythological powers. Zero to hero is a directtovideo movie edited from four episodes of hercules. Zero to hero vhs, 1999 at the best online prices at ebay.
In particular, it shows an adolescent hercules s enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the prometheus academy, a school for gods and mortals, which hercules supposedly attended during the time. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. A liveaction remake of the studios 1997 animated musical hercules is in development with producers joe and anthony russo, a. Bless my soul herc was on a roll person of the week in every greek opinion poll what a pro herc could stop a show point him at a monster and youre talking sro im just really curious to what it means. Video source zero to hero is a song featured in the film, disneys hercules. The olympusset movie was also adapted into a shortlived animated series that. Whistle while you work from disneys snow white and the seven dwarfs disney princess singalongs duration.
Hercules teams up with the grim avenger, a superhero who narrates his every move and is really theseus eric stoltz, a visiting prince who likes cassandra and who adonis and icarus mutually hate to stop the beast, and finally hercules is. Hercules was later followed by the directtovideo prequel hercules. In hercules, the song zero to hero contains the lyrics s. Adonis is a reccuring antagonist in the 1998 disney animated series hercules.
Hercules a list of 25 titles created 10 months ago childhoods best a list of 37 titles created 14 jun 2017 my ranking of animated directtovideo disney sequels. In the original movie, josh keaton voiced hercules as a teenager, while tate donovan was the hero as an adult, and roger bart was hercules singing voice in the song go the distance. Song zero to hero from hercules soundtrack version artist chorus hercules, lillias white, cheryl freeman, lachanze, roz ryan, vaneese thomas, tawatha agee. The 35th disney animated feature film and the eighth animated film produced during the disney renaissance, the film was directed by ron clements and john musker. Song zero to hero from hercules soundtrack version artist chorus hercules, lillias white, cheryl freeman, lachanze, roz. Zero to hero on video for the first time everboasts an allstar cast, including tate donovan and james woods returning as hercules and hades, the roles they made famous in the original animated feature. Zero to hero video 1999 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hercules is a zero, not a hero the other castellan.
Zero to hero has never shown up on dvd and it doesnt turn its predecessors longawaited bluray debut into one of disneys 2 movie collections. Hercules goes for the first time to prometheus academy in athens, where he meets the usual collection of sub. Hercules teams up with the grim avenger, a superhero who narrates his. Hercules is the main protagonist of walt disneys 1997 film of the same name. It aired on february 10, 1999, featuring characters from disneys aladdin franchise including, aladdin, princess jasmine, jafar and abu.
Incarnations view all 11 versions of hercules on btva. Stylized to be an epitome of male perfection as his name would suggest, with long golden hair, awesomely tanned skin, a buff build, and chiseled features. Jul 20, 2018 zero to hero chorus hercules lillias white cheryl freeman lachanze roz ryan vaneese thomas tawatha agee. Jampacked with action, humor and music, these are the missing years of our herointraining. Disneys hercules zero to hero executive producer tad stones producers executive story editors mark mccorkle robert schooley hercules and the first day of school directors tad stones phil weinstein writers mark mccorkle robert schooley hercules and the grim avenger director phil weinstein story editor kevin hopps writer greg weisman hercules. And finally, in hercules and the visit from zeus, zeus turns himself into a gangly adolescent in order to prove that teendom is a snap. And this matters because zero to hero looks, in general, like a movie made on the cheap by whatever studios put in the lowest bid for that weeks project. The episode hercules and the yearbook serves as the linking narrative, with random clips replaced with the episodes hercules and the first day of school, hercules and the grim avenger and hercules and the. Olympian gods and goddesses, as well as hades and pegasus, often visit him. The fanfavorite animated movie from 1997 will hit the big screen as the latest disney liveaction adaptation. During the 1950s and 1960s, a series of films featuring hercules were produced in italy. This year marks the 19th anniversary of the beloved movie.
Zero to hero, is a great buy for anyone who enjoyed the tv show, but remember that this is a tv show. The film briefly gives hercules history after defeating hades for good, in which he marries meg and revisits his teenage years. Watch hercules zero to hero from storyboard to final frame. He was voiced by tate donovan as an adult and josh keaton as a teenager with roger bart doing his singing voice. Everything we know about the liveaction hercules movie. The film is loosely based on the legendary hero heracles known in the film by his roman name, hercules, the. Hercules zero to hero megara scene disney princess mr khing. The original intro was only shown on abc and was altered for reruns and home releases. Zero to hero, which served as the pilot to hercules. Hercules is a zero, not a hero srinting fox, jakobe salad, carolina after lit and i spent about two hours cleaning every last bit of the dining hall, we went back to my room.
Walt disneys hercules 1997 part 17 zero to hero youtube. He is the son of greek gods zeus and hera, and the nephew of poseidon and hades. The film is a directtovideo followup to 1997 animated feature hercules. Jampacked with action, humor and music, these are the missing years of our hero intraining. Hercules and the arabian night is a crossover episode of disney s hercules. But all in all, it is a must have for any fan of hercules. Hercules in order to return home to mount olympus, hercules needs to prove he can move from zero to true hero with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil a feisty personal trainer. Zero to heroon video for the first time everboasts an allstar cast, including tate donovan and james woods returning as hercules and hades, the roles they made famous in the original animated feature. Tate donovan, james woods, bobcat goldthwait, sandra bernhard, french stewart, kathie lee. Tony ail voice animated production by jetlag productions. Tate donovan, french stewart, sandra bernhard, robert costanzo. Zero to hero is a 1999 comedydrama adventure and fantasy animated television film produced by walt disney television animation and walt disney video premiere with animation production by walt disney animation australia, toon city animation, inc. Happily for an extremely specific sense of the word happy reader todd draper had my back, and has been.
This is a list of films that feature the greek divine hero hercules. Along the way, hercules must match wits with grecian beauty meg and a comical hothead named hades who, with the help of pain and panic, plans to take over the. This spinoff of disneys hercules 1997 follows hercules many labors during the years he spent training how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr philoctetes. Theres a whols cosmos up there waiting for me with, hey, my name on it. I picked up a vhs copy of this, so there was a fun nostalgia factor here. Zero to hero, zips through hercules labors as it teases about his hot new celebrity status. The song was later used as the theme song in hercules.
See image of kathie lee gifford, the voice of echidna in hercules. It features three tales of hercules teenaged years and depicts him joining the prometheus academy. Unlike the televised version, the random clips are replaced with three other episodes in the following order. The gospels even get their own montagedriven song, zero to hero. Four episodes of hercules were reformatted into the movie hercules. So much for the preliminaries, and now on to the main event. As hades goes through his usual job of bringing fresh souls in, pain and panic tell him. It is sung by lillias white, lachanze, roz ryan, cheryl freeman, and vaneese y. The episode hercules and the yearbook is the main plot of the video.
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