Some Kind of Hero (1982)

Directed by

Michael Pressman

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Vietnam War veteran comes home and struggles to fit back into regular life. He gets pulled into a crime with organized criminals.

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What happens

Some Kind of Hero is a 1982 American comedy-drama film starring Richard Pryor as Eddie Keller, a returning Vietnam War veteran having trouble adjusting to civilian life. Soon he is involved in an organized crime heist. It co-stars Margot Kidder and was directed by Michael Pressman. Although James Kirkwood and Robert Boris are jointly credited with the screenplay, the script was in fact Boris' rewrite of Kirkwood's adaptation of his novel of the same name. Originally intended to be a straight drama, the studio insisted that Pryor perform comedic scenes as well. However, Pryor agreed with the importance of the screenplay's grounded tone and maintained a dramatic performance when filming. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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