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The Hero

May 13, 2016

Director Brett Haley

Genre Comedy | Drama

Cast Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter

Rating R

Release Date June 9th, 2017

“An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.”

Directed and co-written by Brett Haley, The Hero is a comedy drama about a man coming to grips with the inevitability of growing old. The cast includes Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, and Krysten Ritter. Check out the official trailer below!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Hero:

  • Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross are married in real life.
  • Katharine Ross's first feature film after a ten year absence from cinema.
  • This film is an adaptation of the Indian(Tamil) film Uttama Villain (English: The Righteous Archer) written by Kamal Haasan.
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