My Father the Hero
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Steve Miner
Gerard Depardieu
Katherine Heigl
Dalton James
Lauren Hutton
Stephen Tobolowsky
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A father brings his young daughter on a vacation in paradise. In an effort to impress the boy of her dreams, she pretends that her father is her lover.
Director
Steve Miner
Cast
Gerard Depardieu
Katherine Heigl
Dalton James
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Lauren Hutton
Stephen Tobolowsky
Faith Prince
Ralph Grierson
Jeffrey Chea
Eieen Santillan
Stephen Burrows
Juan Santillan
Michael Robinson
Fred Ferguson
Dave Corey
Felicity Ingraham
William D Mclane
Judy Clayton
Jennifer Roberts
Bonnie Byfield
Nehemiah Hield
Tom Bahr
Betty Miner
Yusef Bulos
Michelle Riu
Robyn Peterson
Anthony Delaney
Robert Miner
Roberto Escobar
Herschel Small
Manny Jacobs
Isiah Taylor
Robin Bolter
Steve Wise
Frank Renzulli
Colyn Grant
Sid Raymond
Stacey Williamson
Noa Meldy
Malou Corrigan
Dorian Jones
Ann Hearn
Crew
Jean Aiken
Jay Albury
Jane Alden
Tamara Allen
Eric Angelson
Eric Angelson
Jane Arganbright
Barbara Austin
John Balling
Jacques Bar
Guy Norman Bee
Tony Eugene Bell
Peter K Benson
Walter Bithell
John Boccaccio
Michael Bonsignore
Michael Boonstra
Tim Boyle
Billy Braithwaite
Tom Braithwaite
Martin Bram
Peter Brancaccio
Michelle Brandon
Hali Breindel
G W Brown
Irvin Burgie
Betty Burkhart
Ronnie Butler
Christy Callender
Giuseppe Campagna
David E Campbell
Joan Carroll
Lars Carroll
Martina Carroll
Al Cerullo
Karen Chalk
Michael Charboneau
Joshua R Clark
David Coburn
James Patrick Coll
Harold Collins
Thomas C Cook
Robert H Cooper
Sharon Iris Crall
Dianne Crittenden
Allegra Curtis
Henry Dando
Philip E Dann
Dane A. Davis
Tim A Davison
Tim A Davison
Sandy De Crescent
Joy Dickson
Claudette Didul
Michael Dock
Roosevelt Dupuch
Judi Durand
Daniel Eccleston
Sean Daniel Eccleston
Mark Echevarria
Cheyenne Ellis
David Ellis
David Fay
Myke Fay
Edward Feldman
Shari Feldman
Fred Ferguson
T Sean Ferguson
Robert Fernandez
Greg Finley
Richard Foreman
Darryl Frank
Marty Frasu
John E Gallagher
Pebbles Gardner
Brett Gates
Joseph Geisinger
David Gertz
Bernard Gough
Steven Greenberg
Todd Griffith
Wayne Gruden
Kim Haggerty
Tom Hammond
Barbara Harris
Marshall Harvey
Mike Hazelwood
B Henry
Quinten Hepburn
Rick Herres
Myra L Hill
Don K Ivey
Ellen Jacoby
Curtis Jones
Doc Kane
Joann Kane
Barbara Kastner
Kini Kay
Donna Keegan
Jamie Klien
Daamen Krall
Frederique Lauzier
Gerard Lauzier
Mable Lawson Mccrary
Les Lazarowitz
Byron Lee
Byron Lee
Doug Lefler
Alan Jay Lerner
C James Lewis
Irving Lewis
Marsha Lewis
Jean-louis Livi
Frederick Loewe
Jerry Lyles
Dennis Maguire
Charlie Marroquin
Burke Mattsson
Scott Mccuthchen
Timothy Mcdowell
Gavin Mckinney
Gavin Mckinney
Nick Mclean
John C. Meier
Noa Meldy
Eric Minnus
Paul B Mixon
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Kai Morbey
James Moriana
Chris Morrison
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Muhlfriedel
Lynden Newbold
David Newman
David Newman
David Newman
Ashley W Nolan
Christopher A. Nowak
John O'connor
Daryn Okada
Paul Olsen
David Orr
Bridget Ostersehlte
Charlie Peters
K Phillips
Chuck Pinder
David Pinder
Mike Pinder
Paige Pollack
Giselle Pyfrom
Ray Quinlan
David Randolph
Dale Raoul
David Reale
Noreen Reardon
John T Reitz
Alan S. Reynolds
Charles W Ritter
Liz Roberts
Eddie Rolle
Nicholas J Romanac
Charles Rowley
Martin Rudder
Gregg Rudloff
Louis Sanchez
Vicki Sanchez
Rowan Sanders
Kathi Scharer
Chris Scheetz
Jim Schulte
Bernie Schwartz
Vernon Scott
John Seakwood
Debbie Sharp
Robert Shulman
Herschel Small
Shannon Smith
Steven D Spallone
Erik Spangler
Mark D Steinbeck
Egon Stephan Jr.
Daniel Strol
Kendal Stubbs
Ted Swanson
Ted Swanson
Donald E Sweeney
Steve Symmonett
Ashley Thompson
Emma Thompson
Todd Tonn
Todd Toon
Deidre Turnquest
Jordan Valenti
Matilde Valera
Francis Veber
Philip Todd Velie
Tom Villano
Kimberly Lowe Voight
Louis Volpe
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video July 20, 1994
Released in United States Winter February 4, 1994
Shown at Sarasota French Film Festival November 14-18, 1991.
Based on the French comedy "Mon Pere Ce Heros" (France/1991), also starring Gerard Depardieu.
Francis Veber was originally attached as director.
Remake rights were purchased for a reported $450,000.
Feature debut for Jean-Louis Livi who, before founding the production company Film par Film, ran Artmedia, France's largest and most prestigious talent agency.
Began shooting June 2, 1993.
Began shooting March 18, 1991.
Completed shooting August 16, 1993.
Completed shooting May 31, 1991.
Film shot on Mauritius March 18 - May 4, 1991; and in Paris from May 27 - May 31, 1991.
Released in United States Winter February 4, 1994
Released in United States on Video July 20, 1994