I've just had my head turned by an exceptional trailer and although it's now a week old, I'm sure I won't be the only one who missed it. After an
earlier trailer was mysteriously leaked in February only to be deemed unofficial and quickly removed, an official one for
Spencer Susser's upcoming coming-of-age/stoner flick
Hesher is now online and I have to say it ticked a lot of my mental excitement boxes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIY9F5FZsxI Synopsis below;
Loud music. Pornography. Burning shit to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favourite 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 strange squatter, and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher's anarchy shakes the family out of their grief and helps them embrace life once more.
Having walked away from Sundance 2010 with a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize, Hesher seems to be taking a bloody long time to hit U.K. shores- though it is now set for a May 13th release Stateside (you lucky devils!). The trailer also features the best use of a Metallica song since that outstanding opening to Zombieland that blended brain munching and For Whom The Bell Tolls in a way that suggested the two were made for one another. Brilliant.