The Hero

Jun 9 2017 R 1h 36m
Drama, Romance, Western

Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.

Plot

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

Brett Haley, Marc Basch

Directed by

Brett Haley

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Houston King Productions, Park Pictures Features, Northern Lights Films

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
10,650
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
61
Popularity
NA