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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 25, 1999
- Originally Released: 1992
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis & Andy Garcia | |
| Performer: | Joan Cusack, Kevin J. O'Connor, Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christian Clemenson, Tom Arnold, Warren Berlinger, Cady Huffman, Richard Riehle, Don Yesso, Clea Lewis & Daniel Baldwin | |
| Directed by | Stephen Frears | |
| Edited by | Mick Audsley | |
| Screenplay by | David Webb Peoples | |
| Composition by | George Fenton | |
| Story by | David Webb Peoples, Laura Ziskin & Alvin Sargent | |
| Produced by | Laura Ziskin | |
| Director of Photography: | Oliver Stapleton | |
| Executive Production by | Joseph M. Caracciolo |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: C --
A misconceived project, inspired by classic Hollywood films of golden age (Nothing Scared, Hail the Conquering Hero) but marred by underdeveloped and rambling script--Stephen Frears first big failure.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
An engrossing film that challenges us to think about the true meaning of heroism in this age of media-manufactured celebrities.
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Spirituality and Practice
...Far more enjoyable than it has any right to be....Moments of high good humor...
New York Times
Rating: 2/4 --
A little more zip, and Hero might really have worked. It has all the ingredients for a terrific entertainment, but it lingers over the kinds of details that belong in a different kind of movie.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 2/5 --
Comes close to working, but finally fails to click
Kalamazoo Gazette
...Heroism, duplicity, public gullibility, journalistic ethics - they're topics in a package that also includes Dustin Hoffman and Geena Davis, casting that signifies 'Main Event'...''
USA Today
Rating: A --
hangs its dynamic visual artistry on a compelling story.
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Product Description:
When a plane crashes in a rainstorm, Bernie Laplante (Dustin Hoffman), a small time crook, anonymously risks his life and saves everyone. One of the passengers, Gayle Gayley (Geena Davis), a workaholic newscaster, sets out to find her hero with the help of a lost loafer. However, this hero won't stand up under too bright a light in this delightful Capra-esque fable.
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