Hero (also known as Accidental Hero) is a comedy and drama movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Chevy Chase, and Joan Cusack and directed by Stephen Frears. It was released in the United States on October 2, 1992.
Hero is about Bernard "Bernie" LaPlante, a thief (played by Hoffman) who anonymously helps rescue survivors of a plane crash. Homeless Vietnam veteran John Bubber (Garcia) whom Bernie had briefly met earlier in the film, takes credit for the rescue when Bernie turns out to be too involved in his criminal activities and troubled life to realize that the media has worked up a frenzy trying to find the identity of the hero. Meanwhile, Gail (Davis), a TV reporter (and one of the crash survivors), has been hoping for an investigation that's not about exposing human weakness but one that discovers layer after layer of human goodness. She soon grooms Bubber's public image as a hero, and even falls in love with him, all the while under the impression that Bubber is the hero. The irony that constantly feeds the film is that Bernie, who is a real sleaze, has done an uncharacteristically noble thing and suffers greatly for it, while John Bubber, who is truly noble and virtuous, has been living a terrible life until he does an uncharacteristically sleazy thing.
Mariah Carey originally recorded her #1 hit single, Hero, for the film but the filmmakers did not think the power ballad was a good fit. Instead, Luther Vandross sang the theme, Heart of a Hero.
Hero is a Tollywood film that was directed by Vijaya Bapineedu and produced by Allu Aravind. This film starred Chiranjeevi, Radhika, and Rao Gopal Rao in important roles. This film released on April 23, 1984.
Hero was the official film of the 1986 World Cup, held in Mexico.
Rather than a simple documentary or collection of highlights, Hero is notable for being a cinematic work complete with a memorable score by Rick Wakeman and narration by Michael Caine. It features sweeping camera work, and innovative editing techniques to fit evocative sound with the multi-angled shots.
As such, it was hailed as a cinematic achievement, and was released in cinemas across the world, finding great success, unsurprisingly, in Argentina, being as it is, a tribute to Diego Maradona and his victorious Argentine team.
It is now quite a rare VHS, and copies are hard to come by. Some, even rarer copies, do not have the Michael Caine commentary, leaving nothing except a beautiful film of football action and stunning music.
Hero at the Internet Movie Database MP3 file of one of the film's signature tunes - "Me das cada día más" by Valeria Lynch
Hero is a 1983 Bollywood film by Subhash Ghai.
Jackie Shroff played the lead role, also called "Jackie", and achieved stardom overnight.
The lead was initially to be played by Sanjay Dutt, but Ghai changed his mind after witnessing Dutt in his drug phase during the shooting of Vidhaata, and gave the role to Shroff.
Ex Miss India 1981 and talented actress Meenakshi Sheshadri became very famous in bollywood after this movie.
The Hero is a 1917 film featuring Oliver Hardy.
What would you do? How far would you go?
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 whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue. Written by Rob Hartill
Bernie La Plante is an amoral man and a hustler. He is facing criminal charges. His wife decides to limit his access to their son. Because he doesn't keep his promises. While on his way to his son's birthday, a plane crashes, and he is nearby. He goes onboard to steal what he can but in the process saves some people one of them television reporter, Gale Gayley. She doesn't get a good look at him but someone gets a photo of him but it's not clear. She then mounts a campaign to find him, that includes a reward of a million dollars. La Plante before hearing of this tells his experience to John Bubber. He also says that he doesn't want any recognition. La Plante's trial is taking place and La Plante upon hearing of the million dollars thinks that he has hit the mother lode but before he can claim it, Bubber claims it, and La Plante is sent to jail. Bubber then grows close to Gale. La Plante who stole her purse sells what he got in it, and when word of this reaches Gale she thinks La Plante is holding this over Bubber, and all sorts of chaos ensues. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
The first feature film in Scots Gaelic.
Notorious criminal Don, Pasha, has been apprehended by the former Inspector General of Police, Shrikanth Mathur. Pasha has taken this personally, and has sworn to avenge his capture by doing away with Mathur and his family. To carry out this task, he hires his hit-man, Jackie, to first abduct Mathur's daughter, Radha, and then negotiate with the authorities for his release from prison. Jackie masquerades as a policeman and successfully abducts Radha, setting the stage for Pasha's release from prison in exchange for Radha's life. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
The Union Soldier (Stephen A. Elkins) was originally supposed to ride into the scene on a horse, dismount and walk down to the creek side to fill his canteen. However, the horse was very skittish and, after several tries, had to be written out on the spot. Thus, the Union Soldier walks into the scene instead.
