The Hero

Lee Hayden is a veteran actor of Westerns whose career s best years are behind him after his one really great film, The Hero. Now, scraping by with voice-overs for commercials, Lee learns that he has a terminal prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Unable to bring himself to tell anyone about it, especially his estranged family, Lee can only brood alone as troubling, yet inspiring, dreams haunt him. Things change when he meets Charlotte Dylan, a stand-up comedienne who becomes a lover who inadvertently jump-starts his public profile. Now facing a profound emotional conflict of having a potential career comeback, even as his imminent death is staring him in the face, Lee must finally come to terms with both realities when he finally confesses his situation to the one person he can. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com) The Hero is a 2017 American English-language Drama Romance film featuring Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman, Katharine Ross, Ali Wong and Ryan Sweeney. The Hero was Produced by Sam Bisbee, Houston King and Erik Rommesmo. The Hero is written by Brett Haley and Marc Basch and it is directed by Brett Haley. The Orchard acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Hero was released on 9th June 2017 and takes a screen time of 93 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $4 million. Cinematography was done by Rob Givens and editing by Brett Haley. The music was composed by Keegan Dewitt.
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