Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- Directed by
- Preston Sturges
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 77 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young Marine returns home as a celebrated war hero thanks to a misunderstanding. He finds himself swept up in a parade and adoration from his small town, even though he feels like a fraud.
satiricalwhimsicalbittersweetfast-pacedcleveraffectionateplayfulwry
What happens
Hail the Conquering Hero is a 1944 American satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Preston Sturges that stars Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines and William Demarest, supported by Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Bill Edwards and Freddie Steele. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Sturges was nominated for a 1945 Academy Award for his screenplay. Many critics consider the film to be one of Sturges's best. It was the eighth film he made for Paramount Pictures, and also his last, although The Great Moment was released after it. Sturges later wrote about his departure, "I guess Paramount was glad to be rid of me eventually, as no one there ever understood a word I said." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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