Gordy

Gordy is a 1995 American family comedy-drama film directed by Mark Lewis, about a livestock piglet named Gordy who searches for his missing family (who are taken away to a slaughterhouse in Omaha). Gordy experiences the lives of others who are part of the film's side plots, including traveling country music singers Luke McAllister and his daughter Jinnie Sue; and lonely boy Hanky Royce whose mother Jessica is engaged to a sinister businessman, Gilbert Sipes. Gordy changes lives for the people he encounters due to their ability to understand him. The film was released to theaters on May 12, 1995. It was distributed by Miramax Family Films.

Plot[]

A piglet named Gordy lives a happy life on Meadow Brook Farm somewhere near Hope, Arkansas. However, after the farmer goes bankrupt, he is forced to sell everything, starting with Gordy's family. Two men arrive in a truck to take Gordy's father, but Gordy is alerted of this by Richard, the farm's rooster. Gordy tries to stop his father from leaving by following the truck taking him, but he tells Gordy to go home and look after the family. Upon returning to the farm, Gordy finds that his mother and siblings were taken in another truck while he pursued his father. Determined to locate his family and return to the farm, Gordy sets out alone to find them. He eventually ends up in the care of Jinnie Sue McAllister, a young country singer who lives in a camper van with her father, Luke, and their "manager", Cousin Jake. Not knowing Gordy's name, Jinnie Sue calls him Pinky.

They travel to a dinner party, where Luke performs for the governor of Arkansas. Also attending are rich businessman Henry Royce, his daughter Jessica, her scheming fiancé Gilbert Sipes, and her lonely young son Hanky. Hanky wanders off on his own and meets Gordy and Jinnie Sue. Hanky falls into the swimming pool, but cannot swim. Just as Jinnie Sue rushes off to get help, Gordy dives into the pool with an inflatable tube, and saves Hanky. Due to Gordy's bravery, he is given to Hanky as a pet, and also becomes suddenly famous.

Henry and Gilbert have alternate decisions on who the new mascot of the Royce Company should be: Gordy or Jessica. In the end, Gordy wins, due to a switched camera lens used on Jessica's promotion. Gilbert is determined to remove Gordy and then take control of the company. Gilbert sends his henchmen, Dietz and Krugman, to kidnap Gordy, but Gordy and Hanky escape by boarding a school bus, which Dietz and Krugman pursue. Gordy and Hanky escape onto a feeding truck and soon unexpectedly meet up with the McAllisters, who learn from the radio that Hanky has apparently run away. Another bulletin follows, revealing Henry has died of a heart attack. The McAllisters return Hanky and Gordy to the Royce building in St. Louis, Missouri where an attorney reveals Henry has left his company to Gordy and Hanky.

Cousin Jake, upon learning Gordy's family is missing, organizes a giant countrywide search to locate them and also a country music concert in Branson, Missouri in Gordy's name. Jim Stafford, Moe Bandy, Boxcar Willie, Cristy Lane, Buck Trent, and Mickey Gilley perform, as well as a surprise speech from President Bill Clinton (voiced by Jim Meskimen), who unveils a new stamp of Gordy. Gilbert sends Dietz and Krugman to kidnap Gordy, tie him in a sack, and toss him in a river, but Gordy is saved by Cousin Jake, who returns him to Hanky and Jinnie Sue. Everyone learns from someone who calls into the telethon that Gordy's family is going to be slaughtered at an unidentified slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Gilbert tries to hide the fact that it is owned by the Royce family. However, a battle ensues between Gilbert and Luke, with Jessica and Luke knocking him out with the suitcase of Brinks, the family attorney. Gordy, Hanky, Jinnie Sue, Jessica, Luke, Cousin Jake, and Brinks race to stop the slaughterhouse from killing Gordy's family, but a train slows them down. Hanky successfully rings the love-struck supervisor, and the slaughterhouse is shut down just in time. To Gordy's happiness, his family has survived, and he is reunited with his father, who was also about to be killed at the slaughterhouse. The pigs are moved back to the farm, which Luke and Jessica decide to buy with most of the Royce Company profits; they marry and Hanky, Jinnie Sue, and Cousin Jake move in too. Gordy and his family are finally reunited.

Cast[]

Doug Stone as Luke McAllister: A country singer, and the father of Jinnie Sue.
Kristy Young as Jinnie Sue McAllister: The daughter of Luke, also a country singer.
Tom Lester as Cousin Jake: Luke's cousin and the manager of his group.
Deborah Hobart as Jessica Royce: the daughter of Henry and mother of Hanky, engaged to Gilbert.
Michael Roescher as Hanky Royce: The lonely but friendly son of Jessica. He becomes a good friend to Gordy.
James Donadio as Gilbert Sipes: The fiancé of Jessica and head of Market Research and director of Public Relations for the Royce company. He is a selfish and scheming man who is looking to take over it.
Ted Manson as Henry Royce: The elderly executive of the Royce Company, father of Jessica, and grandfather of Hanky. He dies of a heart attack part-way through the film at age 73.
Tom Key as Brinks: The comical friendly director of Consumer Research for the Royce Company and also attorney of the Royce family and Gilbert. He usually follows the advice of his conscience.
Jon Kohler and Afemo Omilami as Dietz and Krugman: Gilbert's incompetent henchmen.

Voices[]

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Justin Garms as Gordy: A spunky young piglet who sets out from his home to find his missing family.
Hamilton Camp as Gordy's Father: An adult pig who was taken up north to be slaughtered. Camp also voices Richard the Rooster, who warns Gordy that his family has been taken away.
Jocelyn Blue as Gordy's Mother: The mother of Gordy and his five siblings. She and Gordy's siblings are also taken for slaughter.
Frank Welker as the Narrator and Animals' vocal effects
Tress MacNeille as Wendy, Richard's mate
Earl Boen as Minnesota Red
Frank Soronow as Dorothy the Cow
Billy Bodine as Piglet
Blake McIver Ewing as Piglet
Julianna Harris as Piglet
Sabrina Weiner as Piglet
Heather Bahler as Piglet
Jim Meskimen as the voice of Bill Clinton