Sam Elliott
Lee Hayden
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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.
- $1.2 million
- Houston King, Sam Bisbee, Erik Rommesmo
Jun 9, 2017 · Sam Elliott stars as Lee Hayden, a veteran actor of Westerns who learns he has pancreatic cancer and faces his past and mortality. The film explores his relationship with a stand-up comedienne, his estranged family and his dreams in this drama romance.
- (10K)
- Drama, Romance
- Brett Haley
- 2017-06-09
Jun 9, 2017 · The Hero is a sentimental and sporadically effective celebration of the veteran character actor Sam Elliott, who stars as an aging, ailing movie star who falls in love with a much younger woman. The film is loaded with clichés about Hollywood, May-December romances and last chances, and the story is repetitive and inconsequential.
The Hero is a 2017 film starring Sam Elliott as Lee Hayden, a Western icon with a golden voice and a cancer diagnosis. He tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and a younger woman, while searching for one final role to cement his legacy.
- (115)
- Brett Haley
- R
- Sam Elliott
A veteran cowboy actor with terminal cancer faces a career comeback and a personal dilemma in this drama. He meets a young comedian, reconnects with his estranged daughter, and stars in a space epic film.
