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Release Date:
21 July 2000 (UK)
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Plot:
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion. full summary | add synopsis
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4 wins
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5 nominations
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2009 Austin Film Festival Wrap-up
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Well-Acted, Beautiful Little Road Movie Through Addiction
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Billy Crudup | ... | FH |
 | Robert Michael Kelly | ... | Salesman |
| Torben Brooks | ... | Car Crash Driver |
| Dierdre Lewis | ... | Driver's Wife |
| Jimmy Moffit | ... | Car Crash Doctor |
 | Antoinette LaVecchia | ... | Dead Man's Wife |
 | Samantha Morton | ... | Michelle |
| Steve Buck | ... | Richard |
 | Ben Shenkman | ... | Tom |
| Scott Oster | ... | Stan |
 | Brooke Rachel Shive | ... | Beatle (as Brooke Shive) |
| Mark Webber | ... | Jack Hotel |
| John Ventimiglia | ... | McInnes |
| Jesse Weaver Jr. | ... | Carl |
 | Michael Shannon | ... | Dundun (as Mike Shannon) |
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Rated R for graphic drug use, strong language, sexuality and some violent images.
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107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Australia:R |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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The movie's title comes from a line in the Lou Reed song "Heroin".
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Anachronisms: The film takes place in the early 1970s. Outside the motel there's a car with an old, battered "D.A.R.E." bumpersticker. But the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program was not founded until 1982.
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Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)
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Ooby Dooby
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I chose to see "Jesus' Son" for Billy Crudup and director Allison Maclean, who did the terrifically creepy romantic short I saw on the Sci Fi Channel a few weeks ago, "Kitchen Sink."
"Jesus' Son" is a picaresque road movie traveling through addictions, and manages to miss wallowing in the depression that made "Leaving Las Vegas" so unrelenting . Samantha Morton has incredible chemistry with Crudup who is fascinating to keep watching even as his character is a passive naif whom we really don't learn anything about.
My biggest complaint is that the cameos by recognizable and/or famous actors (Denis Leary, Jack Black of "High Fidelity," Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper) make the source material of short stories--which I assume are where the chapter headings come from-- too obvious; I would have preferred intriguing character actors or complete unknowns.
This is one of those "little movies" where you see a filmmaker in love with her tools of the medium, because it is both literate and explores the story visually, with judicious use of fantasies and hallucinations.
The Joe Henry musical score is wonderful, and the soundtrack selection of alt.country, including several Wilco songs, and offbeat rock and r & b classics are also commentaries on the action (amusingly the only Henry song used comes in over the radio that an annoyed Crudup turns off in order to hear the dialog).
(originally written 6/24/2000)