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
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 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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