Hero

[The writer-director] brings enough understated sympathy to Lee's character to make the picture work--it throws off a gentle, sweet-spirited energy.
-- Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine

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The Hero

THE HERO stars the legendary Sam Elliott as an aging actor confronting mortality in the moving new film from writer/director Brett Haley (I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS). Lee Hayden (Elliott) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories and smoking too much weed with his former co-star-turned-dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Lucy (Krysten Ritter), all while searching for one final role to cement his legacy. THE HERO is a beautiful and poignant celebration of life and the legacies we all leave behind.

R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Runtime
96
Language
English
Director
Brett Haley
Cast
Krysten Ritter, Sam Elliott, Katherine Ross, Nick Offerman
FEATURED REVIEW
David Fear, Rolling Stone

It's fitting that you hear the voice first. Even if the name Sam Elliott somehow doesn't ring a bell, you definitely know that gravelly baritone, the same one that's graced everything from Dodge Ram commercials to Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski's stoner escapades. When we meet up with him in The Hero ...

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