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Release Date: Jun 16, 2000
Running Time: 109 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Based on Denis Johnson's acclaimed 1992 short story collection, this is the story of a maladroit young man (nicknamed Fuckhead, or FH, due to his penchant for screwing things up) who, after becoming lovers with Michelle, a mercurial, sexy heroin addict, embarks on a fable-like odyssey through the amoral drug subculture of the 1970s, a world inhabited by hippie drifters, loafers and small-time criminals. Despite his own lack of moral definition, and the fact that he too succumbs to drugs, FH finally manages to fulfill his innate impulse to do good in the world.
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Wayne
Mira
Bill
Georgie
John Smith
Doctor Shanis
Salesman
Car Crash Driver
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reviews
December 18, 2000
Jesus' Son, adapted by writer-director Alison Maclean from a short-story collection by Denis Johnson, documents another drug odyssey, this one set in the 1970s. Billy Crudup stars as FH, for Fuck Head, a junkie thief stuck in a doomed liaison with drugs and the volatile Michelle (a terrific Samantha Morton) until a job at an Arizona rehab center offers him a shot at redemption. Maclean keeps her mesmerizing film spinning from hilarity to heartbreak, offering sharp supporting turns by Jack Black…
And they called it junkie love. Billy Crudup divinely delves into the role of a loser who's never met a substance he's didn't like. Story Worried you were dozing in Sunday School? Never knew God was a grandpa? Don't worry, this isn't sequel to the biblical TV miniseries. Set in the early '70s, "Jesus' Son" is the raw account of a young man (Billy Crudup) shooting up, throwing up and staggering through his wasted youth. Through his journey, he encounters a bizarre assortment of misfits that make…
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