My Father the Hero is a 1994

1994 in film

1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...

 English language

English language

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 remake of the 1991

1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...

 French film

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 Mon père, ce héros. The remake was directed by Steve Miner

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Stephen C. "Steve" Miner is an American film and television director who is also a film producer.Miner was born in Westport, Connecticut. Television programs Miner has directed include The Wonder Years, Jake 2.0, Felicity, Dawson's Creek , and Diagnosis: Murder...

 and released by Touchstone Pictures

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Plot

André (Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor and filmmaker. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor...

), a Frenchman divorced from his wife, takes his teenage daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl

Katherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer. She is possibly best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series in 2007...

), on vacation with him. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy Ben (Dalton James

Dalton James

Dalton James is an American actor. He was born in Sacramento, California.-Biography:Dalton played the role of Hank Bennett on Passions and the role of Mark Reese on Beverly Hills, 90210. He was also in the movie My Father the Hero. He was introduced in the last episode of MacGyver as MacGyver's...

), 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
  Gérard Depardieu
  Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor and filmmaker. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor...
  
   as André, the father of the title
• Katherine Heigl
  Katherine Heigl
  Katherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer. She is possibly best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series in 2007...
  
   as Nicole, André's daughter
• Dalton James
  Dalton James
  Dalton James is an American actor. He was born in Sacramento, California.-Biography:Dalton played the role of Hank Bennett on Passions and the role of Mark Reese on Beverly Hills, 90210. He was also in the movie My Father the Hero. He was introduced in the last episode of MacGyver as MacGyver's...
  
   as Ben, the boy Nicole wants to impress
• Lauren Hutton
  Lauren Hutton
  Lauren Hutton is an American model and actress. She is best-known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Lassiter, and also for her fashion modeling career.-Personal life:...
  
   as Megan
• Faith Prince
  Faith Prince
  Faith Prince is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work on Broadway. Prince has won the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical and received three Tony nominations.-Life and career:...
  
   as Diana
• Stephen Tobolowsky
  Stephen Tobolowsky
  Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American actor. He is well known for his role as Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, as well as portraying Commissioner Hugo Jarry in Deadwood for nine episodes and Bob Bishop in Heroes for eleven episodes over the second and third seasons...
  
   as Mike
• Ann Hearn as Stella
• Robyn Peterson as Doris
• Frank Renzulli
  Frank Renzulli
  Frank Renzulli is an American film actor, writer and producer.As an Emmy nominated writer and Golden Globe winner, Renzulli has written teleplays for The Sopranos, mainly in the first two seasons, and another Emmy nominated episode in the third season of the highly acclaimed television show...
  
   as Fred
• Manny Jacobs as Raymond
• Jeffrey Chea
  Baha Men
  The Baha Men are Bahamian singers in a Bahamian band. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.-Early career as High Voltage :...
  
   as Pablo
• Stephen Burrows
  Stephen Burrows
  Stephen Burrows, aka Stephen Dale Burrows, Steve Burrows, etc., is a writer/director/actor in many movies, including Chump Change and Spy Hard.-Actor:* The Soldier of Fortune as Steve* My Father the Hero as Hakim...
  
   as Hakim
• Michael Robinson as Tom
• Robert Miner as Mr. Porter
• Betty Miner as Mrs. Porter
• Emma Thompson
  Emma Thompson
  Emma Thompson is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End...
  
   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
  Sid Raymond
  Sid Raymond was an American comedian and character actor.Born Raymond Silverstein, he appeared in many movies and commercials and was active nearly until his death. He is probably best remembered as being the voice for Baby Huey. Raymond also did the voices for Katnip the cat as well as magpies...
  
   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

Soundtrack

The film featured music and appearances by the Baha Men

Baha Men

The Baha Men are Bahamian singers in a Bahamian band. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.-Early career as High Voltage :...

. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.

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