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Hero DVD

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: Sony Pictures :: Released: 1999-05-25


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Hero Summary A Cagey Crook Learns A Lesson In Life When An Impster Takes Credit For His Act Of Heroism.

Dustin Hoffman plays a lowlife who happens upon a plane crash and rescues the passengers, but doesn't really care about the value of his deed or the attendant publicity when the media starts searching for the hero. Another fellow (Andy Garcia) steps into the gap and claims credit, and as his life changes for the better he takes on a messianic glow. Geena Davis is the cynical television reporter who pushes the latter's fame in order to keep her story alive, and this film, directed by Stephen Frears (Prick Up Your Ears), takes a few familiar jabs at a manipulative and voyeuristic press. This is essentially an unofficial remake of Meet John Doe, though it is less dramatic and forceful in the end than Frank Capra's classic. Chevy Chase has an oddly anachronistic part as Davis's editor (maybe he thought he really was in Meet John Doe), but the film belongs to Hoffman, who makes his character a slightly cleaned-up version of the actor's own Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy. --Tom Keogh
Hero [P&S] DVD Techincal Details Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Joan Cusack, Kevin J. O'Connor
Director: Stephen Frears
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 118 mins
UPC: 043396515697
Binding: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1999-05-25
Region Code: 1
Specs: Full Screen, Color, Dolby

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround),
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