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Title: Viet Nam Misfire
Review: Heroes was made at the height of Henry Winkler's popularity as Fonzie on the popular sitcom Happy Days, at a time when many thought a great actor lurked beneath the leather jacket and smile. In this bizarre little film he portrays a Viet Nam veteran with dreams of opening up a worm farm. Escaping from a mental hospital he hooks up with Sally Field in her pre-Oscar days and finds a Viet Nam buddy along the way, played with genuinely spooking intensity by Harrison Ford, the film's only bright spot. Of course Winkler is carrying around ghosts, but he lacks the acting chops to draw us into the story and make us care about him. Eventually his eide eyed performance becomes over wrought and finally ridiculous, which is not I suspect, what was intended. A curiousity piece at best. Made the year before Coming Home and The Deer Hunter, it was quickly and mercifully forgotten.
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