![]() Still, appealing performances by Winkler, Field, and Ford nearly compensate for the lack of inspiration behind the camera. The screenplay (by Jim Carabatsos, who would later write HEARTBREAK RIDGE and HAMBURGER HILL) relies heavily on movieland cliches about the mentally ill being saner than the rest of us, while Kagan's direction is unimaginative and made-for-TVish. Who is traumatized, loopy, and none too bright. They eventually hook up with Winkler's war buddy (Harrison Ford, on the brink of superstardom), He hops a bus to California and meets Field, convincing her to join him on a formulaic cross-country odyssey. Normally in a war one uses the weapons of your own side. The story is set in the Battle of the Bulge period. Mental hospital, intending to start a worm farm with money collected from fellow inmates. 129 Reviews Hide Spoilers Sort by: Filter by Rating: 4/10 No attempt to be a realistic war movie mike-ryan455 26 February 2013 I am watching Company of Heroes presently. Henry Winkler (then famous as The Fonz on TV's long-running sitcom "Happy Days") plays a troubled vet who escapes from a One of the first Hollywood films to deal with the plight of Vietnam veterans, HEROES is a quirky little comedy-drama that strains to be charming and sometimes succeeds. ![]()
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