My Father the Hero (1994 film)

My Father the Hero
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Steve Miner
Produced by	Jacques Bar Jean-Louis Livi
Screenplay by	Francis Veber Charlie Peters
Based on	Mon père, ce héros 1991 film  by Gérard Lauzier
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Katherine Heigl Dalton James Lauren Hutton Faith Prince Stephen Tobolowsky
Music by	David Newman
Cinematography	Daryn Okada
Edited by	Marshall Harvey
Production company	Touchstone Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates	February 4, 1994
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France / United States
Language	French / English
Box office	$25,479,558 (USA)[1]

My Father the Hero is a 1994 English language remake of the 1991 French film Mon père, ce héros. The remake was directed by Steve Miner and released by Touchstone Pictures.

Plot

André (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman divorced from his wife, takes his teenage daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), on vacation with him to The Bahamas. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy Ben (Dalton James), she makes up more and more ridiculous stories, starting with André being her lover and leading to some bizarre assumptions by the rest of the community.

André is desperate to make Nicole happy (especially as she is increasingly upset by his relationship with girlfriend Isobel) and so plays along with her crazy games, and the stories they make up get increasingly bizarre.

Cast

• Gérard Depardieu as André Arnel, the father of the title character
• Katherine Heigl as Nicole Arnel, André's daughter
• Dalton James as Ben, the boy Nicole wants to impress
• Lauren Hutton as Megan Arnel, André's ex-wife and Nicole's Mother
• Faith Prince as Diana
• Stephen Tobolowsky as Mike
• Ann Hearn as Stella
• Robyn Peterson as Doris
• Frank Renzulli as Fred
• Manny Jacobs as Raymond
• Jeffrey Chea as Pablo
• Stephen Burrows as Hakim
• Michael Robinson as Tom
• Robert Miner as Mr. Porter
• Betty Miner as Mrs. Porter
• Emma Thompson as Isobel, André's girlfriend (uncredited)
• Roberto Escobar as Alberto

Minor Cast

• Dorian Jones as David
• Yusef Bulos as the cab driver
• Stacey Williamson as the airport bartender
• Malou Corrigan as Ben's girlfriend
• Robin Bolter as Raymond's girlfriend
• Steve Wise as Ben's father
• Judy Clayton as Ben's mother
• Bonnie Byfield as Guest
• Jennifer Roberts as Girl #1
• Felicity Ingraham as Girl #2
• Noa Meldy as Pablo's girlfriend
• Sid Raymond as the elderly guest
• Anthony Delaney as the hotel bartender
• Michelle Riu as the girl on TV
• Dave Corey as the father at the beach
• Tom Bahr as a guest
• Juan and Eileen Santillan as the tango dancers
• The then-current Baha Men: Isaiah Taylor, Nehemiah Hield, Colyn Grant, Fred Ferguson, Herschel Small, and Jeffery Chea

Reception

The film received a negative reception.^[2][3][4] It holds a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews.

Box office

The film debuted at No. 4 behind Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Mrs. Doubtfire and Philadelphia.^[5]

Soundtrack

The film featured music and appearances by the Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.^[6]

• "Back to the Island"
• "Mo' Junkanoo"
• "Gin and Coconut Water (Traditional)"
• "Land of the Sea and Sun"
• "Oh, Father"
• "Island Boy"

References

1. "My Father, the Hero". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
2. "Review/Film; Depardieu's Bahamian Vacation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
3. "MOVIE REVIEW : 'My Father' a Sordid Remake of a Sex Comedy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
4. "My Father the Hero". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
5. "Weekend Box Office : 'Ace Ventura' Detects a Winning Take". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
6. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110612/soundtrack Soundtrack

External links

• My Father the Hero at the Internet Movie Database
• My Father the Hero at AllMovie
• My Father the Hero at the TCM Movie Database
• My Father the Hero at the American Film Institute Catalog
• My Father the Hero at Rotten Tomatoes
• My Father the Hero at Box Office Mojo