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5.8 (1,715) 68. Some Kind of Hero is a 1982 drama-comedy film that stars Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, and Ray Sharkey. The movie is based on a novel authored by James Kirkwood Jr., who also took part in the movie's adaptation. The movie was directed by Michael Pressman and produced by Fred Bauer. The film's soundtrack was composed by Charles Fox.
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Some Kind of Hero directed by Michael Pressman. Watch the trailer, learn more and read about American Film Institute alumni.
Some Kind of Hero. This fast moving comedy is laced with poignancy and drama as Pryor assays one of the finest roles of his career as Eddie Keller, a man who returns home after six years as a P.O.W. to find his world changed. Eddie has every right to expect a hero's welcome but nothing has stayed the same. Rentals include 30 days to start ...
Some Kind Of Hero is a different type of film, but Pryor is able to spread his charm and add funny moments to an otherwise emotional drama. The film hits on sensitive issues involving the treatment of returning, Vietnam vets with the mental stress they experienced intensified by the removal of certain elements within their life back home.
Mar 7, 2016 · If Richard Pryor had only shaved that signature, comfortable, A-list mustache during the important catapulting Vietnam sequence that, within the page-turning James Kirkwood novel SOME KIND OF HERO there's a lot more dramatic and fleshed-out situations than what we have here: a film in which the main character's capture (shown on the poster, VHS cover and trailers) while taking a neurotic leak ...
