Heroes (film)

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Heroes
Directed by	Jeremy Kagan
Starring	Henry Winkler Sally Field
Running time	112 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Heroes is a 1977 comedy drama film directed by Jeremy Kagan, and starring Henry Winkler and Sally Field. Harrison Ford (in his first post-Star Wars role) played a featured part as a stock car driver in Sedalia, Missouri who keeps a stolen machine gun in his motor home.

[edit] Plot

Jack Dunne (Winkler), a Vietnam Veteran, escapes a mental ward in New York City to start a business as a worm farmer in the south. At the bus station, he meets Carol Bell (Field), a woman unsure of her engagement and marriage to a man she doesn't love, and they set off on a trip to middle America to think things over.

[edit] Trivia

In the MCA video release of the film, Kansas's song "Carry on Wayward Son" was removed from the last 3-4 minutes of the movie. The footage of Winkler running down the street when he's told his best buddy died in the Vietnam War, was removed and replaced with a scene of Field embracing Winkler in a fetal position in a marshy field.
The film was filmed in Sonoma County, California, mainly in Petaluma.
The movie was shot during the height of Henry Winkler's popularity due to his starring role as "Fonzie" on the television comedy Happy Days. During shooting, a rumor of a Winkler sighting caused a crowd of pre-teen girls to charge up Walnut Street from St. Vincent's school in hopes of a glimpse of the heartthrob.
A rain machine was utilized for a key scene that took place at the old Greyhound bus station at the corners of Kentucky and C Streets.