Directed by:
Alison MacleanCinematography:
Adam KimmelComposer:
Joe HenryCast:
Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Ben Shenkman, Mark Webber, John Ventimiglia, Denis Leary, Jack Black, Denis Johnson, Greg Germann, Will Patton, Miranda July (more)VOD (1)
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"Jesus' Son" is the story of a young man's circuitous journey from drug dependency and petty crime to a life redeemed by his startling discovery of compassion. Set in the drug subculture of the 1970's, a young man in his twenties (Billy Crudup) careens through his days getting stoned, stealing, or scamming a quick buck. He is driven by an overwhelming desire to help those around him, to save them from their often sorry fates, but he repeatedly fails. Almost by a miracle, redemption does come to the young man. It sneaks up on him almost imperceptibly, through barely observed lessons learned from a colorful parade of characters who range from a crazed, pill-popping hospital orderly (Jack Black), a down-on-his-luck-divorcee (Denis Leary), to a half-paralyzed woman (Holly Hunter) who teaches him about love. Bit by bit, the young man stumbles towards sobriety and lands a job at an assisted living facility where he discovers the depths of his own compassion for others, and the grace that comes with it. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Billy Crudup
USA
Best movies:
Big Fish (2003)
Sleepers (1996)
Almost Famous (2000)
Samantha Morton
UK
Best movies:
Control (2007)
Minority Report (2002)
The Whale (2022)
Ben Shenkman
USA
Best movies:
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The Night Of (2016) (series)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Mark Webber
USA
Best movies:
Broken Flowers (2005)
The Good Life (2007)
Hollywood Ending (2002)
John Ventimiglia
USA
Best movies:
Vinyl (2016) (series)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Notorious (2009)
Denis Leary
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - a.f.
Ice Age (2002)
Demolition Man (1993)
Jack Black
USA
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
Ice Age (2002)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Denis Johnson
West Germany
Best movies:
Jesus' Son (1999)
Greg Germann
USA
Best movies:
Bolt (2008)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Kill Your Darlings (2006)
Will Patton
USA
Best movies:
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In the Soup (1992)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Miranda July
USA
Best movies:
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Jesus' Son (1999)
The Future (2011)
Dennis Hopper
USA
Best movies:
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Blue Velvet (1986)
Kevin Carroll
USA
Best movies:
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The Navigators (2001)
Paid in Full (2002)
Holly Hunter
USA
Best movies:
The Incredibles (2004)
The Piano (1993)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Michael Shannon
USA
Best movies:
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Knives Out (2019)
Bullet Train (2022)
Boris McGiver
USA
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
Witness to the Mob (1998) (TV movie)
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David Von Roehm
Best movies:
Jesus' Son (1999)
Tenure (2008)
Omar Koury
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Jesus' Son (1999)
Antoinette LaVecchia
Italy
Best movies:
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Delirious (2006)
Jesus' Son (1999)
Elizabeth Cuthrell
Best movies:
Jesus' Son (1999)