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For other films with similar titling, see Hero (disambiguation) § Film.

2017 American film

The Hero is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed and edited by Brett Haley and written by Haley and Marc Basch.

It stars Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman and Katharine Ross and follows an aging movie star who deals with his terminal illness.

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The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017 and was released on June 9, 2017 by The Orchard.

Plot

Lee Hayden is an aging Western actor in his 70s with a golden voice, whose best performances are decades behind him.

He mostly gets voice work for ads.

Peter, Lee's agent, calls to tell him a group wants to give him a lifetime achievement award for his acting work in Westerns, but no job offers. Directly afterwards Lee's doctor confirms he has pancreatic cancer.

Lee spends his days reliving old glories and smoking marijuana with his former-co-star-turned-