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Hero
We're all heroes if you catch us at the right moment. Even Bernie Laplante.
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.
- Original title
- Hero
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $42,000,000
- Revenue
- —
GenerationofSwine
Jan 13, 2023 · via TMDB
My dad (rest his soul) loved this movie. For him it all came down to one quote which, for years, he said was probably the most honest thing he's ever heard about life in a movie: "People are always talking ya about truth. Everybody always knows what the truth is, like it was toilet paper or somethin', and they got a supply in the closet. But what you learn, as you get older, is there ain't no truth. All there is is bullsh**, pardon my vulgarity here. Layers of it. One layer of bullsh** on top of another. And what you do in life like when you get older is, you pick the layer of bullsh** that you prefer and that's your bullsh**, so to speak." It was one of his most favorite quotes and he'd paraphrase it all the time. Honestly I can say why, it's funny and true and that really works. it also really explains the movie. It's about redemption, people that you'd never would expect anything good out of are honestly capable doing some amazingly heroic things. People that you would expect to be honest are capable of the worst lies. The comedy is about perceptions and expectations and reality and it manages to have a profoundly honest message hidden in the layers of bullsh** that it builds up around it. And, most importantly, it entertains while it's doing it.
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John Bubber
Joan Cusack
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James Conklin
Tom Arnold
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Cady Huffman
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Susie Cusack
Donna O'Day
James Madio
Joey Laplante
Daniel Baldwin
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Richard Riehle
Robinson
Don Yesso
Elliott
Don Pugsley
Jury Foreman
Lee Wilkof
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Leslie Jordan
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Ric Salinas
Mendoza's Friend
Richard Montoya
Vargas
Herbert Siguenza
Espinosa
Don S. Davis
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Marnie Mosiman
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Paul Hewitt
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Marita Geraghty
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Sam Derence
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Dev Kennedy
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Sylvia
Lynn Oddo
Buxom Woman
Tom Milanovich
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Dennis Gassner
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Nancy Haigh
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Chris L. Spellman
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Oliver Stapleton
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Gary Dagg
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Mark Bridges
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Christopher Lawrence
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Dennis Madalone
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Donna Evans
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Louis D'Esposito
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Mike Moyer
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Juliet Taylor
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Laura Ziskin
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Bonnie Arnold
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Jeff Atmajian
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David Webb Peoples
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Alvin Sargent
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Laura Ziskin
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