Harry and the Hendersons

Infobox Film | name = Harry and the Hendersons


caption = "Harry and the Hendersons" movie poster
director = William Dear
producer = William Dear
Richard Vane
writer = William Dear and
Bill Martin &
Ezra D. Rappaport
starring = John Lithgow
Melinda Dillon
Margaret Langrick
Joshua Rudoy
Kevin Peter Hall
Lainie Kazan
Don Ameche
M. Emmet Walsh
David Suchet
music = Bruce Broughton
cinematography = George Koblasa
editing = Donn Cambern
distributor = Universal Studios
released = June 5, 1987 (USA)
runtime = 110 minutes
language = English
budget = Unknown
gross = $29,760,613 (USA)
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followed_by =
imdb_id = 0093148

"Harry and the Hendersons", a 1987 American film directed and produced by William Dear, and starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Lainie Kazan and Don Ameche, is the tragi-comic story of a family's encounter with the cryptozoological creature Bigfoot. The film won an Academy Award for Makeup, and inspired a follow-up TV series, also called "Harry and the Hendersons".

The film was released as "Bigfoot and the Hendersons" in the United Kingdom, though the TV series retained the American title.

Bruce Broughton composed the music throughout the entire film, and Joe Cocker performs "Love Lives On" during the end credits.

Plot

On their way home to Seattle from a camping trip, the Hendersons accidentally run over a strange and unknown creature. Unsure what else to do, they strap it to the roof of their car and take it home. Once there, the revived creature goes wild, rampaging throughout the house. Eventually, the family realizes that the creature is the legendary Bigfoot, and is actually very gentle. Given the name "Harry", the creature's curiosity leads him to escape, running through the city as sightings of him strike fear into the populace (and greed into the heart of one French Canadian). Trying to hide Harry from the Seattle authorities and the hunter who wants his hide, the Hendersons come to realize that the best thing for Harry is to return him to his home in the wilderness.

Cast

*John Lithgow as George Henderson
*Melinda Dillon as Nancy Henderson
*Margaret Langrick as Sarah Henderson
*Joshua Rudoy as Ernie Henderson
*Kevin Peter Hall as Harry
*Lainie Kazan as Irene Moffat
*Don Ameche as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
*M. Emmet Walsh as George Henderson Sr.
*David Suchet as Jacques LaFleur

ee also

*Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)
*Bigfoot

External links

*imdb title|id=0093148