- The Mighty
Infobox Film
name = The Mighty
caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Peter Chelsom
producer =Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein
writer =Rodman Philbrick
starring =Sharon Stone Gena Rowlands Gillian Anderson Harry Dean Stanton Kieran Culkin James Gandolfini Elden Henson
music = Trevor Jones
editing =Martin Walsh
distributor =Miramax Films
Scholastic
released =October 9 , 1998
runtime = 100 min.
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget = $100,000
gross = $2,652,246
preceded_by = "Freak the Mighty "
website = http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/5500/mighty.html
imdb_id = 0119670"The Mighty" is a 1998
comedy-drama film , based on the book "Freak the Mighty " byRodman Philbrick .Plot
Kevin (
Kieran Culkin ) suffers from a rare, inhibiting disability, known as Mucopolysaccharidosis IV, or Morquio's syndrome. He is extremely intelligent and prone to flights of fancy. Max (Elden Henson ) is an oversized boy suffering from a learning disability. He has failed the seventh grade two times and is tormented by Blade, a teenage gang leader. When Kevin is assigned as Max's reading tutor, they form a bond of friendship over the similar circumstances they share, such as both being outcasts and their fathers abandoning them. Kevin and Max go to fireworks and get attacked by Blade and his gang. Kevin then witnesses that same gang of teens putting someone's purse in a sewer later. After Max and Kevin get the purse, they see it belongs to a lady named Lorretta Lee. Kevin and Max return the purse to Lorretta (Gillian Anderson ) and see that she is married to Iggy Lee (Meat Loaf ), a biker gang leader. Lorretta and Iggy recognize Max as the son of infamous criminal Kenneth "Killer" Kane (James Gandolfini ). On Christmas Eve, Max is kidnapped by Kenny Kane and taken to Lorretta's home. Killer Kane tries to murder Lorretta, causing Max to remember when Killer Kane killed Max's mother, which was the whole reason he went to prison in the first place. Kevin then breaks in with a squirt gun and tells Killer Kane that he has sulfuric acid in it. Kevin shoots Killer Kane with the squirt gun and Kane thinks his eyes are burning. Max and Kevin go home and celebrate Christmas the next week. After exchanging gifts, Kevin gives Max an empty book and tells Max to write in it. The next morning, Max learns that Kevin has died, causing Max to run outside in barefeet chasing theambulance . Later, Max remembers Kevin and all the adventures they had and he decides to write it all in the empty book. Max eventually gets writers block on the last page so he puts an illustration of King Arthur's grave, which reads, "Here Lies King Arthur, Once and Future King." Max takes the oldornithopter that belonged to Kevin and he winds it up, making it fly. Max narrates the final sentence, "So now you have heard the story of Freak the Mighty, who slaid dragons, saved maidens and walked high above the world."Cast
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Sharon Stone as Gwen Dillon
*Elden Henson as Maxwell "Max" Kane
*Kieran Culkin as Kevin "Freak" Dillon
*Gena Rowlands as Gram
*Harry Dean Stanton as Grim
*James Gandolfini as Kenneth "Killer" Kane
*Gillian Anderson as Loretta Lee
*Meat Loaf as Iggy Lee
*Jenifer Lewis as Mrs. Addison
*Joseph Perrino as BladeReception
The film was a critical and commercial flop (although some critics, like Roger Ebert, gave it good reviews). It received decent reviews and was hailed as the year's "
Good Will Hunting "; the disappointment of the film was probably due to the lack of advertising for the movie.Miramax marketed the film in newspaper ads that includedSharon Stone 's name and omitted the other cast members, including Freak and Max.External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/5500/mighty.html Official site]
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