Premiere Release Date: June 14, 1997
Official Release Date: June 27, 1997
Copyright: Disney Enterprises, Inc. © 1997
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted)
Length: 92 Minutes

[table caption=”Cast and Characters” colalign=”center|right|left|center|left”] [attr sort=”false”]|Cast|Character/Performance|[attr sort=”false”]|Notes[attr sort=”false”]

|Tawatha Agee|additional voice||
|Tawatha Agee|’Zero To Hero’||
|Jack Angel|additional voice||
|Barbara Barrie|Alcmene||
|Roger Bart|Hercules||young; singing
|Michelle Beauchamp|video reference crew||
|Shelton Becton|additional voice||
|Bob Bergen|additional voice||
|Mary Kay Bergman|Earthquake Lady||
|Michael Bolton|’Go The Distance (End Title)’||
|Ungela Brockman|dancer||video reference cast
|Rodger Bumpass|additional voice||
|Corey Burton|Burnt Man||
|Jim Cummings|Nessus||
|Jennifer Darling|additional voice||
|Keith David|Apollo||
|Debi Derryberry|additional voice||
|Danny DeVito|Philoctetes||
|Tate Donovan|Hercules||adult
|Paddi Edwards|Fate||
|Susan Egan|Megara||
|Samantha Eggar|Hera||
|Bill Farmer|additional voice||
|Cheryl Freeman|Melpomene||credited as ‘Muse‘
|Kathleen Freeman|Heavyset Woman||
|Matt Frewer|Panic||
|Robert Gant|video reference cast||
|Kathy Garver|video reference cast||
|Bobcat Goldthwait|Pain||
|Milt Grayson|additional voice||
|Bug Hall|Little Boy||actually ‘Pain’ or ‘Panic’ in disguise
|Kellen Hathaway|Little Boy||actually ‘Pain’ or ‘Panic’ in disguise
|Charlton Heston|narrator||
|Hal Holbrook|Amphitryon||
|Joshua Keaton|Hercules||young; speaking
|Wayne Knight|Demetrius||
|LaChanze|Terpsichore||credited as ‘Muse‘
|Sherry Lynn|additional voice||
|Mickie McGowan|additional voice||
|Aaron Michael Metchik|Ithicles||
|Randi Pareira|dancer||video reference cast
|Denise Pickering|additional voice||
|Patrick Pinney|Cyclops||
|Amanda Plummer|Fate||
|Phil Proctor|additional voice||
|Jan Rabson|additional voice||
|Roz Ryan|Thalia||credited as ‘Muse‘
|Paul Shaffer|Hermes||
|Kelly Sheerin|dancer||video reference cast
|Carole Shelley|Fate||
|Joseph R. Sicari|video reference cast||
|Kyausha Simpson|dancer||video reference cast
|Riley Steiner|additional voice||
|Vaneese Thomas|Clio||credited as ‘Muse‘
|Fonzi Thornton|additional voice||
|Rip Torn|Zeus||
|Erik von Detten|additional voice||
|Dee Dee Weathers|dancer|| video reference cast
|Lillias White|Calliope||credited as ‘Lead Muse‘
|Ken Williams|additional voice||
|Matthew T. Wilson|video reference cast||
|James Woods|Hades||
||Hercules||baby
||Hydra||
||Pegasus||
||Pegasus||baby
||Penelope||

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Music
Songs: Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by David Zippel
Original Score by Alan Menken
Songs & Score Conducted by Michael Kosarin

[table caption=”Songs”] Song|Composer/ Lyricist|Performers|Notes

Go The Distance||Roger Bart as Hercules|
Go The Distance (End Title)|Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by David Zippel|Michael Bolton|
Go The Distance (Reprise)||Roger Bart as Hercules|
The Gospel Truth I||Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene, Roz Ryan as Thalia, LaChanze as Terpsichore, Vaneese Thomas as Clio, & Lillias White as Calliope|
The Gospel Truth II||Roz Ryan as Thalia|
The Gospel Truth III||Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene, LaChanze as Terpsichore, Vaneese Thomas as Clio, & Lillias White as Calliope|
I Won’t Say (I’m In Love)||Susan Egan as Megara, Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene, LaChanze as Terpsichore, Vaneese Thomas as Clio, & Lillias White as Calliope|
One Last Hope||Danny DeVito as Philoctetes|
A Star Is Born||Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene, Roz Ryan as Thalia, LaChanze as Terpsichore, Vaneese Thomas as Clio, & Lillias White as Calliope|
Zero To Hero||Tawatha Agee, Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene, Roz Ryan as Thalia, LaChanze as Terpsichore, Vaneese Thomas as Clio, & Lillias White as Calliope|

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[table caption=”Awards”] Award|Year|Winner/ Nominee|Category|Recipient|Notes

Academy Awards|1997 (70th)|Nominee|Music (Original Song)|Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by David Zippel|’Go The Distance’
Annie Awards|1997 (25th)|Nominee|Best Animated Feature|Walt Disney Productions|
Annie Awards|1997 (25th)|Winner|Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a Feature Production|Ron Clements & John Musker|
Annie Awards|1997 (25th)|Winner|Best Individual Achievement: Effects Animation|Mauro Maressa|
Annie Awards|1997 (25th)|Winner|Best Individual Achievement: Character Animation|Nik Ranieri|Hercules
Annie Awards|1997 (25th)|Nominee|Best Individual Achievement: Character Animation|Ken Duncan|Meg
Annie Awards|1997 (25th)|Winner|Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a Feature Production|Alice Dewey, Ron Clements, & John Musker|

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