Hero (1992 film)

Infobox Film
name = Hero


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director = Stephen Frears
producer = Laura Ziskin
writer = Laura Ziskin Alvin Sargent David Webb Peoples
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starring = Dustin Hoffman Geena Davis Andy Garcia Joan Cusack Kevin J. O'Connor Maury Chaykin Stephen Tobolowsky
music = George Fenton
cinematography = Oliver Stapleton
editing = Mick Audsley
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = October 2, 1992
runtime = 117 min
country = flag|USA
language = English
budget = $42,000,000 (estimated)cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104412/business|title=Hero (1992) - Box office/business|accessdate=2007-12-22|work=imdb.com]
gross = $66,500,000 (Worldwide)
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imdb_id = 0104412

"Hero" (also known as "Accidental Hero") is a comedy and drama movie directed by Stephen Frears and starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Chevy Chase, and Joan Cusack. It was released in the United States on October 2, 1992.

Plot

"Hero" is about Bernard "Bernie" LaPlante, a thief (played by Hoffman) who anonymously helps rescue survivors of a plane crash. Homeless Vietnam veteran John Bubber (Garcia) whom Bernie had briefly met earlier in the film, takes credit for the rescue when Bernie turns out to be too involved in his criminal activities and troubled life to realize that the media has worked up a frenzy trying to find the identity of the hero. Meanwhile, Gail (Davis), a TV reporter (and one of the crash survivors), has been hoping for an investigation that's not about exposing human weakness but one that discovers layer after layer of human goodness. She soon grooms Bubber's public image as a hero, and even fell in love with him, all the while under the impression that Bubber is the hero. The irony that constantly feeds the film is that Bernie, who is a real sleaze, has done an uncharacteristically noble thing and suffers greatly for it, while John Bubber, who is truly noble and virtuous, has been living a terrible life until he does an uncharacteristically sleazy thing (claimed that he had saved the people on the plane, and accepted the rewards, even though he knew it was a lie).

Cast

Influences

"Hail the Conquering Hero" (1944) is a movie on a similar theme by Preston Sturges. Many reviewers referred to the obvious similarities between "Hero" and Sturges' screwball comedy works.

Song

Mariah Carey originally recorded her #1 hit single "Hero", for the film but the filmmakers did not think the power ballad was a good fit. Instead, Luther Vandross sang the theme, "Heart of a Hero".

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