The Hero

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.

Cast

Sam Elliott

as Lee Hayden

Laura Prepon

as Charlotte Dylan

Nick Offerman

as Jeremy Frost

Krysten Ritter

as Lucy Hayden

Katharine Ross

as Valarie Hayden

Doug Cox

as Doctor

Max Gail

as Gary Babcock

Jackie Joyner

as Betsy

Patrika Darbo

as Diane

Ali Wong

as Ali Wong

Reviews

Reno

**The tale of an aging iconic actor!** This film is kind of honours Sam Elliott for his real life achievement. Anyway, he was phenomenal. The film was realistic, so most of the parts were slow moving. This is about an aging film actor, who has not worked on any projects recently. So desperate to ...

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