Hero (1992/I)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writers (WGA):

Laura Ziskin (story) &
Alvin Sargent (story) ...

Release Date:

2 October 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

One selfless act of courage can really mess up your whole day.

Plot:

A not-so-nice man rescues passengers from a crashed airliner, only to see someone else take credit.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Airplane Accident | Chicago Illinois | Hero | Mistaken Identity

Cast

Dustin Hoffman	...	Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
Geena Davis	...	Gale Gayley, Channel 4 News Reporter
Andy Garcia	...	John Bubber
Joan Cusack	...	Evelyn Laplante
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Chucky, Channel 4 News Cameraman
Maury Chaykin	...	Winston, Bernie's Landlord
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	James Wallace, Channel 4 Station Manager
Christian Clemenson	...	James Conklin, Channel 4 News Reporter
Tom Arnold	...	Chick, Bartender
Warren Berlinger	...	Judge Goines
Cady Huffman	...	Flight Attendant Leslie Sugar
Susie Cusack	...	Donna O'Day, Bernie's Public Defender
James Madio	...	Joey Laplante, Bernie's Son
Richard Riehle	...	Robinson, Bernie's Boss
Daniel Baldwin	...	Fireman Denton (as Daniel Leroy Baldwin)

Also Known As:

Accidental Hero (UK)

Runtime:

117 min | Canada:75 min (Family Channel)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The word "fuck" and its derivatives are said 11 times, highly unusual for a non-R-rated theatrical release, post-1984.

Goofs:

Continuity: In one exterior shot of the plane the firefighters are seen fighting a fire at the open doorway of the plane, yet in the next (interior) shot there is no fire coming from the open door.

Quotes:

John Bubber: I think there's a hero in all of us.

Movie Connections:

Features Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Soundtrack:

The man I love

A cast of great actors in a teasingly great film

With a cast of the best actors of our time and one of the great ironic scripts, second to none in adventure story line, this film is relentlessly powerful. Hoffman, Garcia and Davis misunderstand and misrepresent each other to a fine tease in a magnificent display of the highs and lows of being human in America in the late twentieth century.