Heroes (1977 film)
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| Directed by | Jeremy Kagan |
| Produced by | David Foster Lawrence Turman |
| Written by | James Carabatsos |
| Starring | Henry Winkler Sally Field Harrison Ford Val Avery |
| Music by | Jack Nitzsche |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Editing by | Patrick Kennedy |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 4, 1977 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $33,500,000[1] |
Heroes is a 1977 comedy drama film directed by Jeremy Kagan and starring Henry Winkler and co-starring Sally Field and Harrison Ford (in his first post-Star Wars role). Winkler plays a vietnam vet who sets about finding the men from his unit, Field plays his girlfriend and Ford plays plays one of the guys in his unit, now a stock car driver in Sedalia, Missouri who keeps a stolen machine gun in his motor home. The movie was the first film released after the conflict ended in 1975 to address Vietnam War issues.[2]
[edit] Plot
Jack Dunne (Winkler), a Vietnam veteran who turns out to have a case of lacunar amnesia, escapes a mental ward in New York City to start a business as a worm farmer in Eureka, California. At the bus station, he accidentally meets Carol Bell (Field), a woman unsure of her engagement and imminent marriage to a man she has confused feelings towards. They set off on a trip to middle America: she traveling to think things over, he to locate his three old war buddies and involve them in his scheme to raise worms.
[edit] References
- ^ "Heroes, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=heroes.htm. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ "HEROES: Fearless Fonz". Time. November 21, 1977. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915741,00.html. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
[edit] External links
- Heroes at the Internet Movie Database
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