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.
Cast
Patty Schemel
Self
Courtney Love
Self
Eric Erlandson
Self
Melissa Auf der Maur
Self
Kurt Cobain
Self (archive footage)
Frances Bean Cobain
Self (archive footage)
Kristen Pfaff
Self (archive footage)
Larry Schemel
Self
Gina Schock
Self
Debbi Peterson
Self
Kate Schellenbach
Self
Nina Gordon
Self
Roddy Bottum
Self
Joe Mama-Nitzberg
Self
Phranc
Self
Sarah Vowell
Self
Dallas Taylor
Self
Alice de Buhr
Self
Chris Whitemyer
Self
Evan Dando
Self (archive footage)
Crew
P. David Ebersole
Director, Writer, Editor
Todd Hughes
Writer, Producer
Larra Anderson
Director of Photography
Mark Putnam
Director of Photography
John Tanzer
Director of Photography
Christina Soletti
Producer
Julianna Brannum
Associate Producer
Heather Bendler
Associate Producer
Brad Lovett
Associate Producer
Dan Snow
Associate Producer, Sound Supervisor
Eric Lalicata
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom Boykin
Sound Editor
Roddy Bottum
Original Music Composer
