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Jun 9, 2017 · The Hero: Directed by Brett Haley. With Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter. An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.
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- Drama, Romance
- Brett Haley
- 2017-06-09
The Hero is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed and edited by Brett Haley and written by Haley and Marc Basch. It stars Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman and Katharine Ross and follows an aging movie star who deals with his terminal illness.
77% Tomatometer 115 Reviews. Rotten audience score. 59% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. Lee Hayden is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends...
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- Brett Haley
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- Sam Elliott
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Lee Hayden is a veteran actor of Westerns whose career's best years are behind him after his one really great film, "The Hero". Now, scraping by with voice-overs for commercials, Lee learns that he has a terminal prognosis of pancreatic cancer.
“The Hero” wallows in decades-old success and present-day regret, but the man at its center remains stoic and elusive. As a result, the film as a whole feels like a fine short that’s been stretched out to feature length.
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World-renowned icon Sam Elliott stars as an aging actor confronting mortality in "The Hero," a beautifully poignant celebration of life and the legacies we leave behind. Also starring Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, and Krysten Ritter.
