Movie
Jesus' Son
Overview
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-06-16
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Evenstar Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Billy Crudup as FH
- Samantha Morton as Michelle
- Jack Black as Georgie
- Denis Leary as Wayne
- Dennis Hopper as Bill
- Holly Hunter as Mira
- Michael Shannon as Dundun
- John Ventimiglia as McInnes
- Will Patton as John Smith
- Miranda July as Black-Eyed Nurse
- Mark Webber as Jack Hotel
- Scott Oster as Stan
Crew
- Alison Maclean - Director
- Oren Moverman - Screenplay
- David Urrutia - Screenplay
- Elizabeth Cuthrell - Screenplay
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