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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...

Hesher

Reviewed by John Esther

(from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival)

Directed by: Spencer Susser

Written by: Spencer Susser and David Michôd

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson and Piper Laurie

Poor 13-year-old Tj (Devin Brochu). His mother (Monica Staggs) recently died in a car crash, dad Paul (Rainn Wilson) responds to the tragedy with futile numbness and a bully named Dustin (Brendan Hill) habitually harasses the boy at school. What is a grieving boy prone to accidents to do? Enter Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a young man who lives in a van.

Hesher is hardly the ideal helper. He drinks, smokes and does whatever the hell he wants. A walking menace who stabs his food while eating, climbs up telephone poles in his underwear and blows up things, Hesher (a term meaning someone into heavy metal) moves into the house with Tj, dad and grandma (Piper Laurie) and immediately becomes...

Hesher

Reviewed by John Esther

(from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival)

Directed by: Spencer Susser

Written by: Spencer Susser and David Michôd

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson and Piper Laurie

Poor 13-year-old Tj (Devin Brochu). His mother (Monica Staggs) recently died in a car crash, dad Paul (Rainn Wilson) responds to the tragedy with futile numbness and a bully named Dustin (Brendan Hill) habitually harasses the boy at school. What is a grieving boy prone to accidents to do? Enter Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a young man who lives in a van.

Hesher is hardly the ideal helper. He drinks, smokes and does whatever the hell he wants. A walking menace who stabs his food while eating, climbs up telephone poles in his underwear and blows up things, Hesher (a term meaning someone into heavy metal) moves into the house with Tj, dad and grandma (Piper Laurie) and immediately becomes...

We have added the new Metallica themed official movie trailer for director Spencer Susser's critically drama "Hesher." The film stars Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn Wilson, John Carroll Lynch, Devin Brochu, Piper Laurie, Audrey Wasilewski, Frank Collison and Monica Staggs.Watch the cool looking, cleverly cut movie trailer below;"Hesher" is released across the Us from May 13th.Loud music. Pornography. Burning crap 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 Tj (Devin Brochu) and his father Paul (Rainn Wilson) when he takes up residence in their garage uninvited.Grief-stricken by the loss of Tj's mother in a car accident, Paul can't muster the strength to evict the...

This is Part 2 of Back Stage's conversation with Zoë Bell, who is making the transition from stuntwoman to actor. Part I can be found here. (The interview was conducted, condensed, and edited by Andrew Salomon.) Has your agent been getting you work consistently?I'm currently unrepresented, which has been fine for me, because I've been pretty busy. I'm also about to start looking for representation, but I've been fortunate so far.Does it help having someone like Quentin Tarantino to be your advocate to the industry at large? If he hadn't put me in his movie [Death Proof], I wouldn't have been an actor. The fact that he put as much faith as he did and that he generally has such good choice in casting speaks volumes to me in a way that's really helpful.How did you get the part?A fight that Monica Staggs [Daryl Hannah's double] and I had in the trailer for Kill Bill Vol.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stunned fans at the Taurus World Stunt Awards in Hollywood on Sunday night when he showed up to present pal, stuntman icon Vic Armstrong, with a Lifetime Achievement prize. Movie veteran Armstrong, whose film credits include Raiders Of The Lost Ark and War Of The Worlds, took a break from making Mission: Impossible 3 with Tom Cruise to accept his honor. Schwarzenegger's Planet Hollywood pal Sylvester Stallone also made an appearance - to pick up the night's Honorary Action Star award and movie-maker Quentin Tarantino took home the award for Best Action Movie Director. Meanwhile's Tarantino's fight sequence between Uma Thurman and Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill Vol 2 claimed the fifth annual prize's Best Fight honors, while the film's stand-ins Zoe Bell and Monica Staggs took home the Best Stuntwoman prize.