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Hero (I) (1992)

PG-13  |   |  Comedy, Drama, Romance  |  2 October 1992 (USA)
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A not-so-nice man rescues passengers from a crashed airliner, only to see someone else take credit.

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Fireman Denton (as Daniel Leroy Baldwin)
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Bernie LaPlante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him, and has custody of their son. The cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe while rescuing passengers of a plane crash. Being a thief who is down on his luck, he takes advantage of the rescue, but then someone else claims credit for it. Written by Rob Hartill

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

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Rated PG-13 for uses of strong language | See all certifications »

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2 October 1992 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Héroe accidental  »

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Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$19,487,173 (USA)
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Reportedly, Dustin Hoffman didn't get along with director Stephen Frears while shooting the movie, to the point where during one occasion yelled for everyone to hear: "Directors who listen to my advices win Oscars and those who don't, go direct Havana (1990)" - a take on Sydney Pollack(I) who directed Hoffman in Tootsie (1982), another director he didn't get along. But whatever happened between Frears and Hoffman was probably forgotten. They got back together many years later in The Program (2015). See more »

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When Bernie and John are driving in stop and go traffic the car they are in doesn't move. All the cars around it inch up and move in reverse through the entire conversation. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
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Special thanks to the people of Piru and Filmore, California; the people of Cook County, Illinois. See more »

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Music by George Gershwin (as George)
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
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A cast of great actors in a teasingly great film
8 August 2002 | by (Oxford, England) – See all my reviews

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.


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