Hero
1992 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 24,447 VOTES · DIR. Stephen Frears
Overview
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,769 lines
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00:02:02 Mister foreman, have you arrived at a verdict?
00:06:08 Doesn't matter.
00:10:22 ...was neither a destitute, nor a lonely man...
00:14:34 Some kind of extramarital hanky-panky, maybe?
00:20:58 Somebody!
00:26:56 - Dad! - Son.
00:31:46 And you let him down Iike you let everyone down, always.
00:37:22 Keep a low profile.
00:41:38 I was into the foreground drama. Heroic fireman, looming in the frame.
00:45:37 Sneering at someone for sticking his neck out.
00:49:29 Everybody in line knows you're not the hero!
00:54:14 - He's a fake. - You know him?
01:00:04 The bums.
01:04:33 Reporters have to rise above their hormones.
01:09:19 You're a phony!
01:13:28 This is wrong. I can't do this.
01:17:06 Can we talk somewhere?
01:21:42 I just--
01:26:07 I'm a veteran reporter. I've seen your kind before, the underbelly of crime.
01:30:07 I didn't expect them to go for it.
01:34:49 Here's what I got in mind.
01:39:06 I don't take credit. I'm a cash kind of guy.
01:44:31 Once you know him.
06:03:06 he says he kept it to pay for his...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,769
Dialogue density15.1 lines / min
First line00:02:02
Final line06:03:06
Production Record
DirectorStephen Frears
LanguageEnglish
Budget$42,000,000
IMDb votes24,447