Ten Inch Hero (film)
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Ten Inch Hero is an independent romantic comedy film completed in 2007. The film was directed by David Mackay and written by Betsy Morris. The Ten Inch Hero of the title refers to a large submarine sandwich
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to find her daughter, who she gave up for adoption 8 years ago to a woman who said her husband was named Noah and that she named the baby girl Julia. Piper gets a job at local sandwich shop and meets the other employees; Jen, a shy but kind girl who has an email romance with a stranger known as Fuzzy22, but is too afraid to meet him in person. Tish is the outspoken one who has a new man every night and doesn't bother falling in love because she thinks it's too risky. Priestly is the free-spirited goth of the gang who uses humor to hide his own feelings and emotions. The shop is owned by Trucker, a surfer child of the '60s who's in love with Zo, the mysterious woman and owner from the shop across the street.
On the first day, Piper sees 8 year-old Julia with her father Noah at the beach. The three meet and Piper introduces herself as Anna in case Noah would remember her less common name from the adoption process. She discovers that Julia is an avid artist, just like Piper. When they meet again at the library, Julia asks Piper to become her drawing tutor. While Piper spends time with Julia and Noah, she can't help but wonder what happened to the adoptive mother. Meanwhile, Tish has met Tad, with whom she starts an affair, until she discovers Tad planned a threesome with her and his best friend Brad. Tish refuses and is pushed against the night drawer by Tad, and runs away. Fuzzy22 has asked Jen to meet him in person, to which she ultimately agrees, and Tish and Piper opt to come with her in case Fuzzy22 isn't who he says he is. Before the trip, Noah asks Piper out on a date, to which she agrees, although she says she has some things to tell him. They talk about Noah's wife, who lives on the east coast and since she suffered from post-partum depression and severely abused Julia, she is not allowed to have contact with Julia until her 18th birthday. It's then that Piper finds out that Julia is not adopted, and that Noah and his ex-wife are Julia's birth-parents. Realizing this Julia couldn't possibly be the daughter she gave up, she runs away upset, leaving Noah confused behind.
The next day, Piper, Tish and Jen go on the trip to meet up with Fuzzy22, but after they finally arrive at the meeting point and Jen sees how handsome Fuzzy22 is, she runs away and confesses to Piper and Tish that someone like Fuzzy22 could never like someone like her, and that they don't know what it feels like to always be ignored because she's not pretty enough. Although the two friends try to convince Jen to go back and meet with him, she won't cave, so they drive back to Santa Cruz. Tish is bothered by Tad, and after she accuses him of being gay and that's the only reason he wanted her in bed with him and Brad, he slaps her. Priestly comes to Tish's defense and so does Trucker, who is revealed to be able to fight like a professional. He then admits he was never a surfchild who went to Woodstock, but actually went to war, where he learned his fighting skills and shows Piper, Jen, Tish, and Priestly his high school yearbook, showing he was captain of the football team and class president. When he's talking with Tish, he asks her to start dating nice guys, but Tish replies, giving Priestly a quick glance, that good guys don't ask girls like her out. Jen, who was leafing through Trucker's yearbook, excitedly calls everyone's attention to a photo of Zo. Trucker realizes he doesn't have to hide his past from Zo because she already knows who he really is, He finally works up the courage to ask her out, to which she happily agrees.
Piper and Noah have another talk, and he forgives her for lying and asks her if she still wants to be a part of the family. At the shop, a homeless man comes in and tells Jen that he thinks she's really pretty, and that she's exactly who he had hoped she'd be. He takes off the wig and is revealed to be Fuzzy22, who was convinced by Priestly to come to the shop. He introduces himself to Jen and they happily hug. Priestly reveals that when Jen forgot to log off the computer one night, he talked to Fuzzy22 and told him where Jen is so they can finally meet. Priestly then comes to the shop the next day and is almost unrecognizable dressed in Banana Republic, his goth clothes, piercings, and hair nowhere in sight, and finally asks Tish out. After giving hints throughout the movie that he's interested in her, she accepts when he finally reveals that his first name is Boaz. The movie ends with all the new couples at the beach for Zo and Trucker's commitment ceremony to each other.
Doe, Harris, Harnois and Matt Barr
have all appeared on One Tree Hill
, and the writer of the soundtrack, Bethany Joy Galeotti
, has starred in the program.
and a private beach.
Ten Inch Hero takes the old childhood lesson of "Don't judge a book by its cover" one step further to: "Don't let others tell you what your book's cover should look like." Each of the friends learns that you can't be happy until you're willing to risk being yourself.
as well as the Phoenix Film Festival
and the 2008 Santa Cruz Film Festival. The film won an award for Best Soundtrack at the Santa Cruz Film Festival.
Ten Inch Hero was shown September 2008 in London at the Odeon Cinema in Kingston Upon Thames in a screening fans helped to organise.
It was released February 10, 2009 in the United States exclusively by Blockbuster Video, and released May 6, 2009 on DVD in Australia.
, best known for his work on The Matrix
. One Tree Hill actress and musician Bethany Joy Galeotti
wrote three original songs for the soundtrack: "The Long Way", "Get Your Love", and the ballad "Something Familiar".
Other artists on the soundtrack include Joshua Radin
, David Lichens
, Feeder
, Chris Holmes
, The Chalets
, Future Primitive
, Sajama, and John Phillip Sousa.
Submarine sandwich
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Plot
The story revolves around the young student Piper, who moves to Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California
Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the US. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 59,946...
to find her daughter, who she gave up for adoption 8 years ago to a woman who said her husband was named Noah and that she named the baby girl Julia. Piper gets a job at local sandwich shop and meets the other employees; Jen, a shy but kind girl who has an email romance with a stranger known as Fuzzy22, but is too afraid to meet him in person. Tish is the outspoken one who has a new man every night and doesn't bother falling in love because she thinks it's too risky. Priestly is the free-spirited goth of the gang who uses humor to hide his own feelings and emotions. The shop is owned by Trucker, a surfer child of the '60s who's in love with Zo, the mysterious woman and owner from the shop across the street.
On the first day, Piper sees 8 year-old Julia with her father Noah at the beach. The three meet and Piper introduces herself as Anna in case Noah would remember her less common name from the adoption process. She discovers that Julia is an avid artist, just like Piper. When they meet again at the library, Julia asks Piper to become her drawing tutor. While Piper spends time with Julia and Noah, she can't help but wonder what happened to the adoptive mother. Meanwhile, Tish has met Tad, with whom she starts an affair, until she discovers Tad planned a threesome with her and his best friend Brad. Tish refuses and is pushed against the night drawer by Tad, and runs away. Fuzzy22 has asked Jen to meet him in person, to which she ultimately agrees, and Tish and Piper opt to come with her in case Fuzzy22 isn't who he says he is. Before the trip, Noah asks Piper out on a date, to which she agrees, although she says she has some things to tell him. They talk about Noah's wife, who lives on the east coast and since she suffered from post-partum depression and severely abused Julia, she is not allowed to have contact with Julia until her 18th birthday. It's then that Piper finds out that Julia is not adopted, and that Noah and his ex-wife are Julia's birth-parents. Realizing this Julia couldn't possibly be the daughter she gave up, she runs away upset, leaving Noah confused behind.
The next day, Piper, Tish and Jen go on the trip to meet up with Fuzzy22, but after they finally arrive at the meeting point and Jen sees how handsome Fuzzy22 is, she runs away and confesses to Piper and Tish that someone like Fuzzy22 could never like someone like her, and that they don't know what it feels like to always be ignored because she's not pretty enough. Although the two friends try to convince Jen to go back and meet with him, she won't cave, so they drive back to Santa Cruz. Tish is bothered by Tad, and after she accuses him of being gay and that's the only reason he wanted her in bed with him and Brad, he slaps her. Priestly comes to Tish's defense and so does Trucker, who is revealed to be able to fight like a professional. He then admits he was never a surfchild who went to Woodstock, but actually went to war, where he learned his fighting skills and shows Piper, Jen, Tish, and Priestly his high school yearbook, showing he was captain of the football team and class president. When he's talking with Tish, he asks her to start dating nice guys, but Tish replies, giving Priestly a quick glance, that good guys don't ask girls like her out. Jen, who was leafing through Trucker's yearbook, excitedly calls everyone's attention to a photo of Zo. Trucker realizes he doesn't have to hide his past from Zo because she already knows who he really is, He finally works up the courage to ask her out, to which she happily agrees.
Piper and Noah have another talk, and he forgives her for lying and asks her if she still wants to be a part of the family. At the shop, a homeless man comes in and tells Jen that he thinks she's really pretty, and that she's exactly who he had hoped she'd be. He takes off the wig and is revealed to be Fuzzy22, who was convinced by Priestly to come to the shop. He introduces himself to Jen and they happily hug. Priestly reveals that when Jen forgot to log off the computer one night, he talked to Fuzzy22 and told him where Jen is so they can finally meet. Priestly then comes to the shop the next day and is almost unrecognizable dressed in Banana Republic, his goth clothes, piercings, and hair nowhere in sight, and finally asks Tish out. After giving hints throughout the movie that he's interested in her, she accepts when he finally reveals that his first name is Boaz. The movie ends with all the new couples at the beach for Zo and Trucker's commitment ceremony to each other.
Cast
- Elisabeth HarnoisElisabeth HarnoisElisabeth Rose Harnois is an American television and film actress.-Early life:Harnois was born in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA, and raised in Los Angeles. She attended St...
as Piper - Danneel HarrisDanneel HarrisDanneel Ackles , better known by her stage name Danneel Harris, is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Shannon McBain on One Life to Live and Rachel Gatina on One Tree Hill.-Early life:Elta Danneel Graul was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, and was raised in the small...
as Tish - Jensen AcklesJensen AcklesJensen Ross Ackles is an American actor. He is known for his roles in television as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives, which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as well as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel and Jason Teague in Smallville...
as Priestly - Clea DuVallClea DuVallClea Helen D'Etienne DuVall is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Sofie on the television series Carnivàle as well as for films such as The Faculty , Girl, Interrupted and The Grudge .-Early life:DuVall was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Rosemary and...
as Jen - Alice KrigeAlice KrigeAlice Maud Krige is a South African actress. Her first feature film role was as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the 1981 Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire...
as Zo - Sean Patrick Flannery as Noah
- John DoeJohn Doe (musician)John Doe is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L.A. punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical performances and compositions span the rock, country and folk music genres...
as Trucker - Adair TishlerAdair TishlerAdair Rae Tishler is a former American teen actress, model, voice actress, and singer, who has appeared in television shows such as Charmed and House and in movies such as Within and An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong. She is perhaps best known for portraying Molly Walker on NBC's Heroes...
as Julia - Sean WingSean WingSean Wing is a singer and American film and television actor who first appeared on an episode of the CBS series Touched by an Angel...
as Tad - Matt BarrMatt BarrMatthew Jerome "Matt" Barr is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as Mike Fleming in Commander in Chief, Ian Banks in One Tree Hill, Christopher Sullivan in the mystery horror series Harper's Island, and Dan Patch in The CW series Hellcats.-Early life:Matthew...
as Brad
Doe, Harris, Harnois and Matt Barr
Matt Barr
Matthew Jerome "Matt" Barr is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as Mike Fleming in Commander in Chief, Ian Banks in One Tree Hill, Christopher Sullivan in the mystery horror series Harper's Island, and Dan Patch in The CW series Hellcats.-Early life:Matthew...
have all appeared on One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
, and the writer of the soundtrack, Bethany Joy Galeotti
Bethany Joy Galeotti
Bethany Joy Galeotti is an American actress, musician, director, writer, and producer.Galeotti is best known for her on screen portrayals of Michelle Bauer Santos on Guiding Light and Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill...
, has starred in the program.
Production
Ten Inch Hero was shot in three weeks. Although the film is set in Santa Cruz, much of it was shot in southern California, including a sandwich shop in San PedroSan Pedro, Los Angeles, California
San Pedro is a port district of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was annexed in 1909 and is a major seaport of the area...
and a private beach.
Theme
Ten Inch Hero explores the themes of honesty—both to others and to yourself—and the flaw of judging by appearances. Everyone in this film is hiding something: from Jen hiding behind her computer, to Trucker covering up a painful past, and even Priestly, uncomfortable in his own skin.Ten Inch Hero takes the old childhood lesson of "Don't judge a book by its cover" one step further to: "Don't let others tell you what your book's cover should look like." Each of the friends learns that you can't be happy until you're willing to risk being yourself.
Release
Ten Inch Hero was shown in a number of film festivals, including the Newport Beach Film FestivalNewport Beach Film Festival
The Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California, that showcases more than 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually....
as well as the Phoenix Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival is a festival that celebrates feature films and their creators. The celebration takes place annually in the city of Phoenix, Arizona...
and the 2008 Santa Cruz Film Festival. The film won an award for Best Soundtrack at the Santa Cruz Film Festival.
Ten Inch Hero was shown September 2008 in London at the Odeon Cinema in Kingston Upon Thames in a screening fans helped to organise.
Home media
Ten Inch Hero did not get a cinematic release in the US and was instead released direct to video.It was released February 10, 2009 in the United States exclusively by Blockbuster Video, and released May 6, 2009 on DVD in Australia.
Music
The soundtrack for Ten Inch Hero was written by Don DavisDon Davis (composer)
Donald Romain Davis is an American film score composer, conductor, and orchestrator. Best known for his work on The Matrix, he has worked on a variety of films, from horror to comedy.- Early life :...
, best known for his work on The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
. One Tree Hill actress and musician Bethany Joy Galeotti
Bethany Joy Galeotti
Bethany Joy Galeotti is an American actress, musician, director, writer, and producer.Galeotti is best known for her on screen portrayals of Michelle Bauer Santos on Guiding Light and Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill...
wrote three original songs for the soundtrack: "The Long Way", "Get Your Love", and the ballad "Something Familiar".
Other artists on the soundtrack include Joshua Radin
Joshua Radin
Joshua Radin is an American recording artist, songwriter and actor. He was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and is of Swedish, German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian descent. He studied drawing and painting at Northwestern University, following his college years with stints as an art...
, David Lichens
David Lichens
David Lichens is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.In 1995 he joined legendary Christian rock band Petra which exposed him to lots of worldwide touring and studio experience....
, Feeder
Feeder
-Technology:* Feeder , any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources* Feeder , another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage...
, Chris Holmes
Chris Holmes (musician)
Chris Holmes is a musician who was born June 23, 1958 in Glendale, California and grew up in La Canada, California...
, The Chalets
The Chalets
The Chalets were a five-piece band from Dublin, Ireland, active from 2001 to 2008.-Members:* Chris Judge – lead bass* Caoimhe "Pony" Derwin – singer* Dylan Roche – bongos* Enda Loughman – guitar* Paula "Peepee" Cullen – singer, songwriter, lead g-tar...
, Future Primitive
Future Primitive (band)
Future Primitive is a melodic hardcore Straight Edge band from Southern California. The band was established in 2005. Their first release, entitled "Expression Sessions", is a forceful seven song EP which includes a cover of an unreleased Inside Out song, featuring Vic DiCara as a guest guitarist...
, Sajama, and John Phillip Sousa.