My Father the Hero (1994 film)
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| 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 | |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Daryn Okada |
| Edited by | Marshall Harvey |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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Release date
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February 4, 1994 |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | France/United States |
| Language | French/English |
| Box office | $25,479,558 (US) |
My Father the Hero is a 1994 French-American comedy-drama starring Gérard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl. It is an English-language remake of the 1991 French film Mon père, ce héros, directed by Steve Miner and released by Touchstone Pictures.
Filming occurred during the summer of 1993.
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.
The film received a negative reception. It holds a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews.
The film debuted at No. 4 behind Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Mrs. Doubtfire and Philadelphia.
The film featured music and appearances by the Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.
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