Hero is a 1992 American English-language Comedy Drama motion picture featuring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garc A, Andy Garcia, Joan Cusack, Kevin J. O'connor and Anthony Fitzpatrick. A not-so-nice man rescues passengers from a crashed airliner, only to someone else take credit. Hero was Produced by Laura Ziskin. Hero is written by Laura Ziskin, Alvin Sargent and David Webb Peoples and it is directed by Stephen Frears. Columbia Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. Hero was released on 2nd October 1992 and takes a screen time of 117 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Hero was made on a budget of $42 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $177 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by David Webb Peoples. Cinematography was done by Oliver Stapleton and editing by Mick Audsley. The music was composed by George Fenton.