Director: Spencer Susser Writer: Spencer Susser, David Michôd, Brian Charles Frank Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Rainn Wilson, Brendan Hill T.J.'s (Devin Brochu) mother (Monica Staggs) died a couple months ago in a car wreck (to the tune of "Teenager in Love" playing on the radio). T.J.'s father, Paul (Rainn Wilson), deals with the tragedy by popping enough pills to maintain a near-catatonic level of numbness making him totally oblivious to the world around him. T.J.'s elderly grandma (Piper Laurie) does what she can to help run the household; but for all intents and purposes, T.J. is raising his own damn 13-year-old self. Enter Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a metalhead who resides in an ominous black van and does whatever the hell he pleases. Hesher is the definition of rebellion and anarchy, and a mother's worst nightmare. Hesher habitually guzzles Pabst Blue Ribbon and...
- 5/13/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Movie clips from Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Spencer Susser directs as well as writing the script alongside David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), from the story by Brian Charles Frank. The film is rated R and opens May 13th.Make sure you visit the Official Site for Hesher and become a fan on Movie Jungle by joining the Hesher Group!
- 5/2/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie clips from Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Spencer Susser directs as well as writing the script alongside David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), from the story by Brian Charles Frank. The film is rated R and opens May 13th.Make sure you visit the Official Site for Hesher and become a fan on Movie Jungle by joining the Hesher Group!
- 5/2/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie clips from Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Spencer Susser directs as well as writing the script alongside David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), from the story by Brian Charles Frank. The film is rated R and opens May 13th.Make sure you visit the Official Site for Hesher and become a fan on Movie Jungle by joining the Hesher Group!
- 5/2/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie clips from Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Spencer Susser directs as well as writing the script alongside David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), from the story by Brian Charles Frank. The film is rated R and opens May 13th.Make sure you visit the Official Site for Hesher and become a fan on Movie Jungle by joining the Hesher Group!
- 5/2/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rude, crass and absolutely awesome, Hesher is as loving as a kick in the nuts and as tasty as a toilet puck. That may sound odd, but give this well-acted drama with hints of comedy helmed by Spencer Susser a chance, and you may find yourself falling love with this indie gem. It's not an easy watch, but worth a visit. Susser writes Hesher alongside David Michôd, from the story by Brian Charles Frank. Now if you recall, Michôd is the directed and writer of the winning Ausie flick Animal Kingdom, which includes soon-to-be-very-popular Joel Edgerton of Lionsgate's upcoming Mma actioner Warrior...
- 5/1/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rude, crass and absolutely awesome, Hesher is as loving as a kick in the nuts and as tasty as a toilet puck. That may sound odd, but give this well-acted drama with hints of comedy helmed by Spencer Susser a chance, and you may find yourself falling love with this indie gem. It's not an easy watch, but worth a visit. Susser writes Hesher alongside David Michôd, from the story by Brian Charles Frank. Now if you recall, Michôd is the directed and writer of the winning Ausie flick Animal Kingdom, which includes soon-to-be-very-popular Joel Edgerton of Lionsgate's upcoming Mma actioner Warrior...
- 5/1/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rude, crass and absolutely awesome, Hesher is as loving as a kick in the nuts and as tasty as a toilet puck. That may sound odd, but give this well-acted drama with hints of comedy helmed by Spencer Susser a chance, and you may find yourself falling love with this indie gem. It's not an easy watch, but worth a visit. Susser writes Hesher alongside David Michôd, from the story by Brian Charles Frank. Now if you recall, Michôd is the directed and writer of the winning Ausie flick Animal Kingdom, which includes soon-to-be-very-popular Joel Edgerton of Lionsgate's upcoming Mma actioner Warrior...
- 5/1/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rude, crass and absolutely awesome, Hesher is as loving as a kick in the nuts and as tasty as a toilet puck. That may sound odd, but give this well-acted drama with hints of comedy helmed by Spencer Susser a chance, and you may find yourself falling love with this indie gem. It's not an easy watch, but worth a visit. Susser writes Hesher alongside David Michôd, from the story by Brian Charles Frank. Now if you recall, Michôd is the directed and writer of the winning Ausie flick Animal Kingdom, which includes soon-to-be-very-popular Joel Edgerton of Lionsgate's upcoming Mma actioner Warrior...
- 5/1/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the official trailer for Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, Devin Brochu and Piper Laurie. Wrekin Hill Entertainment distributes the indie drama directed by Spencer Susser, who co-writes along with David Michod, from the story by Brian Charles Frank. Hesher premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and can be seen in limited areas from May 13th, 2011. Hesher Synopsis: Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of 13-year-old Tj (Devin Brochu) and his father, Paul (Rainn Wilson) when he unexpectedly takes up residence in their garage uninvited. Told through the eyes of Tj, Hesher is a dark fairy tale about an eccentric unhinged drifter who appears out of nowhere to help a struggling family deal with loss in the most unconventional of ways. Tj is simply...
- 4/6/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the official trailer for Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, Devin Brochu and Piper Laurie. Wrekin Hill Entertainment distributes the indie drama directed by Spencer Susser, who co-writes along with David Michod, from the story by Brian Charles Frank. Hesher premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and can be seen in limited areas from May 13th, 2011. Hesher Synopsis: Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of 13-year-old Tj (Devin Brochu) and his father, Paul (Rainn Wilson) when he unexpectedly takes up residence in their garage uninvited. Told through the eyes of Tj, Hesher is a dark fairy tale about an eccentric unhinged drifter who appears out of nowhere to help a struggling family deal with loss in the most unconventional of ways. Tj is simply...
- 4/6/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Hesher Directed by: Spencer Susser Written by: Spencer Susser and David Michôd (screenplay), Brian Charles Frank (story) Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie, John Carroll Lynch, Devin Brochu Joseph Gordon-Levitt is everywhere at this year’s festival. Not only is he starring in two films in the line-up, but he is hanging out at one of the venues promoting his project HitRECord [1] and talking to anyone who goes in. Hesher is the first of his films to be shown and sees him playing the title role. The story centers around a young boy, Tj, whose mother was recently killed in a car accident, which has turned his family upside down. His father (played excellently by Rainn Wilson) is heavily medicated, spending the majority of his time asleep on the sofa while they stay with his elderly grandmother. The film opens with Tj cycling manically to follow the...
- 1/24/2010
- by Charlotte
- FilmJunk
The good news is that a handful of films that I predicted that would be at the fest and that I wanted to see (Blue Valentine, Happythankyoumoreplease, Hesher, Howl, Sympathy for Delicious and Winter's Bone) have indeed been selected. - The good news is that a handful of films that I predicted that would be at the fest and that I wanted to see (Blue Valentine, Hesher, Howl, Happythankyoumoreplease, Sympathy for Delicious and Winter's Bone) have indeed been selected. Then there is a film in Zeina Durra's The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (see pic) that I had wanted to mention because of the delicious trailer, but didn't think would secure a spot. And then there there are a bunch of films flying so low on the radar that'll be a pleasure to discover what and who there all about (Drake Doremus's Douchebag, Ryan Piers Williams' The Dry Land,...
- 12/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Hesher I have plenty of images for films that will be showing at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, but I have been previewing so many images lately I don't want this site to turn into some sort of image machine where people don't read anymore so I am going to space them out a little bit. However, when I have your first look at Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Spencer Susser's Hesher it seems a little silly to hold out.
The film is written by Susser and David Michod from a story by Brian Charles Frank, in which an awkward 13-year-old boy living with his pill-popping father (Rainn Wilson) and grandmother. His mother recently passed away and a loser twenty-something named Hesher (Gordon-Levitt) has entered the young man's life serving as both a good and bad influence. Portman, who is producing the film with Lucy Cooper,...
The film is written by Susser and David Michod from a story by Brian Charles Frank, in which an awkward 13-year-old boy living with his pill-popping father (Rainn Wilson) and grandmother. His mother recently passed away and a loser twenty-something named Hesher (Gordon-Levitt) has entered the young man's life serving as both a good and bad influence. Portman, who is producing the film with Lucy Cooper,...
- 12/4/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: Premieres To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly.
- 12/3/2009
- LRMonline.com
I feel a special bond with the Sundance Film Festival. Not because I’ve been there, but because the guy in charge of it this year, John Cooper, shares my name. Because we share this bond, I feel that I’m able to take license in referring to the man as Coop for the rest of this article.
For the annual event held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31, thousands of films are submitted and screened — this year, 3,724 films were viewed by the festival’s ten programmers. I wonder when they slept.
Coop has high hopes for the festival as a whole:
“We may even be going into a golden age for independent films, in that the technology will make it possible for the films to be made and for audiences to see them. The industry is going through a major evolutionary stage right now, there’s no doubt about that,...
For the annual event held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31, thousands of films are submitted and screened — this year, 3,724 films were viewed by the festival’s ten programmers. I wonder when they slept.
Coop has high hopes for the festival as a whole:
“We may even be going into a golden age for independent films, in that the technology will make it possible for the films to be made and for audiences to see them. The industry is going through a major evolutionary stage right now, there’s no doubt about that,...
- 12/3/2009
- by John Cooper
- ReelLoop.com
Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: U.S. Documentary Competition This year’s 16 films were selected from 862 submissions. Each film is a world premiere. Bhutto(Directors: Jessica Hernandez and Johnny O'Hara; Screenwriter: Johnny O'Hara)—A riveting journey through the life and work of recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto,...
- 12/3/2009
- LRMonline.com
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of films playing in competition from January 21 through January 31, 2010. The early fest typically debuts some of the best films the year has to offer, like 2009’s Precious, (500) Days of Summer, and Moon.
I’m bummed I won’t be in Park City, Utah next month because the lineup looks great, and these are just the films playing in competition. Here’s a few that stood out to me:
The Allen Ginsberg trial film Howl starring James Franco, a documentary by Alex Gibney (a truly great filmmaker) on Jack Abramoff, Mark Ruffalo’s directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious, a doc about Joan Rivers, the directorial debut of “How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor titled Happythankyoumoreplease (I wrote a glowing script review of it here), Hesher with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, and Blue Valentine starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
I...
I’m bummed I won’t be in Park City, Utah next month because the lineup looks great, and these are just the films playing in competition. Here’s a few that stood out to me:
The Allen Ginsberg trial film Howl starring James Franco, a documentary by Alex Gibney (a truly great filmmaker) on Jack Abramoff, Mark Ruffalo’s directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious, a doc about Joan Rivers, the directorial debut of “How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor titled Happythankyoumoreplease (I wrote a glowing script review of it here), Hesher with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, and Blue Valentine starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
I...
- 12/3/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Sundance Film Festival 2010 is a little over a month away and that means we can now bring you a list of the competition films that will be playing. Here you go boys and girls… enjoy!
Documentary Competition
“Blue Valentine” – Directed by Derek Cianfrance, written by Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, a portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. “Douchebag” – Directed by Drake Doremus, written by Lindsay Stidham, Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler, in which a man about to be married takes his younger brother on a wild goose chase to find the latter’s fifth-grade girlfriend. Features Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicius, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. “The Dry Land” – Directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams, in which a returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas.
Documentary Competition
“Blue Valentine” – Directed by Derek Cianfrance, written by Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, a portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. “Douchebag” – Directed by Drake Doremus, written by Lindsay Stidham, Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler, in which a man about to be married takes his younger brother on a wild goose chase to find the latter’s fifth-grade girlfriend. Features Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicius, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. “The Dry Land” – Directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams, in which a returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas.
- 12/3/2009
- by Scott
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo: Sundance Today the Sundance Institute announced the films that will be in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in both the U.S. and International dramatic and documentary categories. The festival will run from January 21-31 in Park City, Utah. There are a few changes this year as there will be no opening-night picture and the festival will take select festival films to eight cities during as the fest plays out.
Last year notable films such as this year's major Oscar contenders Precious and An Education debuted at Sundance 2009 as did audience and critical favorite (500) Days of Summer.
As for this year's crop I have highlighted a few titles among the list below in red, but I have primarily done so considering the names attached to the pictures not necessarily based on any advanced buzz I've heard around any of the films. Names to look out for include Ryan Gosling,...
Last year notable films such as this year's major Oscar contenders Precious and An Education debuted at Sundance 2009 as did audience and critical favorite (500) Days of Summer.
As for this year's crop I have highlighted a few titles among the list below in red, but I have primarily done so considering the names attached to the pictures not necessarily based on any advanced buzz I've heard around any of the films. Names to look out for include Ryan Gosling,...
- 12/2/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I've been fortunate enough to attend Sundance Film Festival for the past two years, and it's quite an experience. I tend to spend my time there gorging on as many movies as possible. In my two trips and 10 cumulative days spent in Park City, Ut, I've seen roughly 50 screenings. Not even as press really; writing would consume too much time.
Sundance 2010 is going to be different: either I'll be here manning the blog or out in Utah seeing only the occasional movie while participating in MTV's ongoing coverage. And manning the blog, of course. After looking at the competition lineup, just released today, I'm very much hoping that I'll be able to attend. There are some cool-looking movies in contention, and many more yet to be announced that aren't competing. Hit the jump to check out some of the highlights and then head over to the Sundance website for the full list.
Sundance 2010 is going to be different: either I'll be here manning the blog or out in Utah seeing only the occasional movie while participating in MTV's ongoing coverage. And manning the blog, of course. After looking at the competition lineup, just released today, I'm very much hoping that I'll be able to attend. There are some cool-looking movies in contention, and many more yet to be announced that aren't competing. Hit the jump to check out some of the highlights and then head over to the Sundance website for the full list.
- 12/2/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
And the first announcement is upon us and includes quite a few movies we've already reported on.. What does that include?
The incredible looking Estonian drama The Temptation of St. Tony for which we got the exclusive trailer on a while ago. It's by Veiko Õunpuu who did the incredible Sügisball and I'm greatly looking forward to seeing this.
From Spencer Susser, the director of the incredible zombie short I love Sarah Jane comes Hesher, his first feature which stars Jgl!
David Michôd's Australian thriller Animal Kingdom which stars Guy Pearce.
From Taiki Waititi, director of Eagle vs Shark comes Boy which we previously reported on, but then it was known as The Volcano.
Full list after the break!
U.S. Documentary Competition
This year’s 16 films were selected from 862 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.
Bhutto (Directors: Jessica Hernandez and Johnny O'Hara; Screenwriter: Johnny O'Hara)—A riveting...
The incredible looking Estonian drama The Temptation of St. Tony for which we got the exclusive trailer on a while ago. It's by Veiko Õunpuu who did the incredible Sügisball and I'm greatly looking forward to seeing this.
From Spencer Susser, the director of the incredible zombie short I love Sarah Jane comes Hesher, his first feature which stars Jgl!
David Michôd's Australian thriller Animal Kingdom which stars Guy Pearce.
From Taiki Waititi, director of Eagle vs Shark comes Boy which we previously reported on, but then it was known as The Volcano.
Full list after the break!
U.S. Documentary Competition
This year’s 16 films were selected from 862 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.
Bhutto (Directors: Jessica Hernandez and Johnny O'Hara; Screenwriter: Johnny O'Hara)—A riveting...
- 12/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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