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Hit So Hard

ABOUT THE FILM:

HIT SO HARD is a pull-no-punches portrait of the hell-and-back life of Patty Schemel, the hard-hitting drummer of Courtney Love’s seminal rock band “Hole” during its peak years. As a young girl who always knew she was “different” from the other kids in her farm town home outside of Seattle, Patty never dreamed she would one day have her picture on the cover of Rolling Stone. But she also never fathomed that she could lose it all. A true survivor of what we now know was the disaffected “slacker” generation, Patty found herself, like her friend Kurt Cobain, embraced by the dark side. An unprecedented and unflinching inside look at one of the 90s most crucial and controversial groups.

2011 | USA | 103 min.

Director P. David Ebersole
Writers P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes
Producers Todd Hughes, Christina Soletti
Editor P. David Ebersole
Cinematographers Larra Anderson, Mark Putnam, John Tanzer
Music Roddy Buttum
Cast Patty Schemel, Melissa auf der Maur, Eric Erlandson, Courtney Love Cobain, featuring Kurt Cobain, Roddy Bottum, Alice de Buhr, Nina Gordon, Izzy, Joe Mama-Nitzberg, Debbi Peterson, Larry Schemel, Terry Schemel, Gina Schock, Dallas Taylor, Sarah Vowell, Phranc