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Sam Elliott Ably Plays The Sam Elliott Character In 'The Hero'

A story of a fading cowboy-movie star and the younger woman who may lift his spirits would logically star Sam Elliott. And the ruefully comic drama The Hero does.
Charlotte (Laura Prepon) and Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott) in <em>The Hero.</em>

At almost 72, onetime cowboy-movie star Lee Hayden faces the afflictions of age: loneliness, a fading career, dwindling sexual magnetism, and the fear that his relationship with his daughter is unsalvageable.

Also, he might be dying.

It's a cancer diagnosis that compels the lackadaisical Lee (Sam Elliott) to focus on the big issues in , a

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