Hero
US Indies
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1h 47m
Directed by Alexandre Rockwell • Drama • With Alexandre Bull, Kim Flowers • 1983 • 108 minutes
Beautifully photographed by regular Wes Anderson collaborator Robert Yeoman (in his first DP credit), this earthy debut from indie veteran Alexandre Rockwell follows a makeshift family of eccentrics on the road in New Mexico. Though Hero won a Special Jury Prize at the U.S. Film Festival (later rechristened Sundance), it has been unseen for decades—until now.
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