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Heroes

1977 · 112 min

A tender, unsettled road movie that drifts between warmth and trauma, carried by two lost people trying to connect.

Directed by
Jeremy Kagan
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Tagline
Finding the one you love...is finding yourself.
Overview
A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.

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Directed by
Jeremy Kagan
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • healing
  • memory
  • love
  • isolation
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance, war
Directed by
Jeremy Kagan
Written by
James Carabatsos
Starring
Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Val Avery, Olivia Cole, Hector Elias, Dennis Burkley, Tony Burton
Music
Jack Nitzsche
Cinematography
Frank Stanley
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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