---
title: 'The Mighty (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Chelsom'
released: '1998-05-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mighty-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119670/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mighty (1998)

1998 · 100 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Mighty is a 1998 American coming of age buddy comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Charles Leavitt. Based on the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, it stars Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Harry Dean Stanton, Kieran Culkin, James Gandolfini, and Elden Henson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Chelsom](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-chelsom)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Leavitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-leavitt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Trevor Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-jones)
- **Producer:** [Harvey Weinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-weinstein), [Bob Weinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-weinstein), [Don Carmody](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-carmody), [Deborah Forte](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-forte), [Simon Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-fields)
- **Director of Photography:** [John de Borman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-de-borman)
- **Editor:** [Martin Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-walsh)

## Cast

- [Elden Henson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elden-henson)
- [John Bourgeois](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bourgeois)
- [Gena Rowlands](https://cinepixo.com/people/gena-rowlands)
- [Meat Loaf](https://cinepixo.com/people/meat-loaf)
- [Harry Dean Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-dean-stanton)
- [Carl Marotte](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-marotte)
- [James Gandolfini](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gandolfini)
- [Nadia Litz](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadia-litz)
- [Jenifer Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenifer-lewis)
- [Sharon Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharon-stone)
- [Gillian Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillian-anderson)
- [Kieran Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kieran-culkin)

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Official site: https://www.miramax.com/movie/the-mighty/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mighty-1998
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