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'Hesher' Movie Featuring METALLICA Music: First Official Trailer Released

April 6, 2011

METALLICA doesn't often grant permission for the use of its songs in movies, making just a handful of exceptions over its nearly 30-year career. But the group likes an upcoming independent feature called "Hesher" enough to let the filmmakers use some of the band's music. Star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays the title character, said online, "I loved making this movie, and I love how it turned out. It's hilarious, but it's not just funny, it's smart, it's sad, it's hopeful, it's heartfelt, and it fuckin' rocks . . . And, I'm humbled to say, METALLICA themselves liked it so much they gave us their music, they never give their stuff to movies!"

"Hesher" arrives on May 13 in theatres. The film also stars recent Oscar winner Natalie Portman and "The Office"'s Rainn Wilson.

The movie is a dark comedy-drama about a disturbed young man, played by Levitt, who wreaks havoc in the lives of a boy and his father after the death of the boy's mother.

The film's title on all its advertising and marketing materials is done in the style of the METALLICA logo.

The first official trailer for "Hesher" can be viewed below.

METALLICA songs have been used in documentaries like "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills" and "Absent", and the occasional feature film like "Zombieland".

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