The Hero is a 2017 English-language Drama Romance motion picture written by Brett Haley and Marc Basch. The movie is directed by Brett Haley and produced by Sam Bisbee, Houston King and Erik Rommesmo. Lee Hayden is a veteran actor of Westerns whose career's best years are behind him after his one really great film, The Hero. Now, scraping by with voice-overs for commercials, Lee learns that he has a terminal prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Unable to bring himself to tell anyone about it, especially his estranged family, Lee can only brood alone as troubling, yet inspiring, dreams haunt him. Things change when he meets Charlotte Dylan, a stand-up comedienne who becomes a lover who inadvertently jump-starts his public profile. Now facing a profound emotional conflict of having a potential career comeback, even as his imminent death is staring him in the face, Lee must finally come to terms with both realities when he finally confesses his situation to the one person he can. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com). The hero features Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman, Katharine Ross, Ali Wong and Ryan Sweeney. The music was composed by Keegan Dewitt. Cinematography was done by Rob Givens and editing by Brett Haley. The film has a running time of 93 minutes. It was released on 9th June 2017. The movie made a box office gross of $4 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by The Orchard.