Hit So Hard
2012
5.0 (19)
1 hr 43 min
English
The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel
$29,270
The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera just before Hole's infamous Live Through This world tour, Patty captured stunningly intimate footage of the scene that has never been seen... until now. Not just an all-access backstage pass to the music that shaped a generation, Hit So Hard is a harrowing tale of overnight success, the cost of addiction, and ultimately, recovery and redemption.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Ebersole Hughes Company, Tight Ship Productions
Keywords
- feminism
- sexism
- grunge
- addiction
- rock band
- home video
- female drummer
- recovery
- alternative rock
- music documentary
- drummer
Links
Top Cast
Patty Schemel as Self
Courtney Love as Self
Eric Erlandson as Self
Melissa Auf der Maur as Self
Kurt Cobain as Self (archive footage)
Frances Bean Cobain as Self (archive footage)
Kristen Pfaff as Self (archive footage)
Larry Schemel as Self
Top Crew
P. David Ebersole · Director, Writer
Todd Hughes · Writer
Roddy Bottum · Composer
Mark Putnam · Cinematographer
Larra Anderson · Cinematographer
Photos
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