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1992 film directed by Stephen Frears

[[File:Screen shot Hero. png|thumb|The pivotal scene in the film involved an airliner crashing with 54 passengers and crew trapped aboard. The colossal staging of a crashed Boeing 727 airplane in December 1991 involved creating a complete location set in Piru, California. The derelict fuselage was blown up over a bridge and a recreated river and river bed. After the failure of the first explosion, a second rigged explosive realistically recreated the crash scene in which the plane is torn apart.

Hail the Conquering Hero is a film with a similar theme by Preston Sturges. Many reviewers referred to the obvious similarities between Hero and Sturges's screwball comedies. The classic Frank Capra film Meet John Doe was also cited as a model for Laura Ziskin, who both produced and supplied the story for Hero.

In the United States and Canada, the film grossed $19.5 million. Internationally, it grossed $47 million, for a worldwide total of $67 million. Columbia lost $25.6 million on the film.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 67% rating, based on 21 reviews. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on reviews from 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an "A−" on a scale of A+ to F.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Haphazard and erratic, involving only in fits and starts, Hero's core is nevertheless so shrewdly and gleefully cynical about public heroism and the cult of celebrity it is impossible not to be at least sporadically amused and entertained." Desson Howe of The Washington Post said, "If a hero is one who perseveres and never gives up, this is one 'Hero' that should have quit when it was ahead."

The film debuted at number 3 in the U. S. home media market. It was released on VHS April 15, 1993. Another version presented in widescreen was also released on VHS. A DVD was released May 25, 1999, and was re released in 2004 by Sony Pictures. Special features for the 1999 DVD (but not the 2004 release) included liner notes and theatrical trailers. The 1999 DVD was also a double sided disc, presented in widescreen (side A) and fullscreen (side B). The only special feature for the 2004 DVD includes theatrical trailers, and was presented only in fullscreen. Mill Creek Entertainment had recently picked up the DVD distribution rights for the film. The DVD was released again in 2012. Unlike the first two DVD releases by Sony, this one includes no special features, and is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 1:85.