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Serial swindler Bernie Laplante (Dustin Hoffman) makes the first selfless gesture of his life when he helps save injured passengers from a roadside plane crash and then vanishes into the night....
Oct 2, 1992 · The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as Bernie LaPlante, lifelong loser. He's a small-time Chicago thief whose wife has thrown him out, whose son doesn't admire him, and whose future is a prison term, for receiving stolen goods.
Aug 16, 2019 · Edward Hermann’s cameo introduces Geena Davis as reporter Gale and Kevin J. O’Connor as cameraman Chucky, then we meet Chevy Chase as news director Deke, Stephen Tobolowsky as exec Wallace, and Christian Clemenson as a rival newsman, in Hero, 1992, also starring Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia.
A not-so-nice man rescues passengers from a crashed airliner, only to see someone else take credit. Bernie LaPlante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him, and has custody of their son.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman Geena Davis Andy Garcia Maury Chaykin Joan Cusack. Directed by: Stephen Frears. When her plane crashes into a Chicago bridge, ace reporter Gale Gayley is saved by a mysterious and unlikely hero in this heart-warming comedy.
Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis and Andy Garcia star in this captivating comedy from Stephen Frears, the director of Dangerous Liaisons and The Grifters. Davis is ace reporter Gale Gayley, who literally falls into the story of a lifetime when she's a passenger on an airplane that crashes into a Chicagobridge.
Hero - Apple TV. Available on Disney+, Hulu. A plane carrying 54 passengers-including television reporter Gale Gayley (Geena Davis)-crash-lands right in front of small-time crook Bernie LaPlante (Dustin Hoffman). The first person on the chaotic accident scene, he spontaneously risks his life and saves a plane full of people.
