A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Timothy Davis
- Mechanic
- (as Tim Davis)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAll of Hesher's "persona", according to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is inspired by late bass player from Metallica, Cliff Burton. Not only that, but the movie features a significant amount of music from the "Burton" era, including the solo that Hesher plays in the garage (Anesthesia, from the Kill 'Em All album) and, of course, the Hesher lettering.
- GoofsTJ's cast in the opening scene switches between his left and right arm between shots.
From the very first scene with the cast, up to getting it cut off (09:17), the cast was on his left arm. Rapid cuts and shifting POVs may have caused this mis-observation.
- Quotes
Mrs. Rosowski: Life is like walking in the rain... you can hide and take cover or you can just get wet.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits resemble chalk writing on a blackboard, accompanied by (mostly) obscene graffiti.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Joseph Gordon-Levitt Performances (2015)
Featured review
"Hesher" is a good movie. It's a sad history, with some parts of humor, some parts of romance, some parts of hate, some parts of darkness and a tragic end. The characters are really good: the sad and unlucky kid (TJ), the rare guy who disturb the kid till the point he explodes, the loser father who's lost by his wife's death, the grandmother who tries to get ahead the family, and the beautiful girl who break the kid's heart. It's a rare movie, but it's original too. Maybe it's hard to understand as the history unfolds, but leaves an important message, and that's the most important thing of this movie. Becomes heavy in some parts, but it's worth seeing.
Bonus: The soundtrack consists primarily of Metallica's classic songs of the more pure thrash metal era (1983-1988). It's really good because don't use the mainstream songs of Metallica.
Bonus: The soundtrack consists primarily of Metallica's classic songs of the more pure thrash metal era (1983-1988). It's really good because don't use the mainstream songs of Metallica.
- jmfozzatti
- Mar 25, 2012
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $382,946
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $126,046
- May 15, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $449,702
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