Hercules

Hercules is a 1997 animated feature film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 27, 1997. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. This movie was based on the legendary Greek mythology hero Heracles (known in the movie by his Roman name, Hercules), the son of Zeus, in Greek mythology. The storyline also draws inspiration from "The Karate Kid" and "Rocky" and Richard Donner's Superman:The Movie. Though Hercules did not match its predecessors, it still took over $99 million in domestic revenues and over $252,700,000 worldwide. The movie is part of the Disney Renaissance that started in 1989 and ended in 1999. The movie was later followed by Hercules: The Animated Series, focusing on Hercules during his time at the Prometheus academy and Hercules: Zero to Hero, a direct-to-video movie (the pilot of the series). The film begins with the five muses ... full article at wikipedia