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1292:Retard Girl
1158:Scott Lipps
1094:Hit So Hard
1083:Hit So Hard
770:Hit So Hard
723:Hit So Hard
675:Hit So Hard
532:Kurt Cobain
461:The Bangles
439:The Go-Go's
434:Gina Schock
415:Veruca Salt
410:Nina Gordon
364:dog walking
330:Kurt Cobain
296:Hit So Hard
255:Well Go USA
251:Todd Hughes
228:Gina Schock
220:Nina Gordon
187:Hit So Hard
163:103 minutes
139: (SXSW)
113:Well Go USA
68:Mark Putnam
64:John Tanzer
53:Todd Hughes
49:Produced by
39:Directed by
22:Hit So Hard
1571:2011 films
1565:Categories
1422:Turpentine
1327:Doll Parts
1320:Miss World
1267:Ask for It
1163:Stu Fisher
945:Metacritic
820:References
719:Metacritic
699:ICA London
683:WellGo USA
556:Leslie Mah
540:Evan Dando
318:coming out
291:Background
146:2012-04-13
135:2011-03-15
94:Production
839:LA Weekly
785:in Moscow
776:Accolades
705:Reception
652:July 2024
623:does not
594:Metallica
586:Pat Smear
405:(of Hole)
397:(of Hole)
96:companies
73:Edited by
1471:Samantha
1383:Be a Man
1299:Dicknail
1042:July 15,
1014:July 15,
983:July 15,
955:July 15,
924:July 15,
844:July 15,
713:website
176:Language
83:Music by
1436:Old Age
1284:Singles
1064:Variety
872:15 July
796:Outfest
762:Variety
644:removed
629:sources
604:Release
326:Seattle
322:lesbian
279:Outfest
179:English
168:Country
144: (
133: (
1369:Malibu
1341:Violet
478:Phranc
342:heroin
273:, the
271:Cannes
265:, the
236:Phranc
234:, and
214:, and
1481:Tours
1376:Awful
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467:Izzy
449:Fanny
1132:Hole
1088:IMDb
1044:2021
1016:2021
985:2021
957:2021
926:2021
874:2021
846:2021
685:and
627:any
625:cite
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387:Hole
385:(of
370:Cast
308:Plot
257:via
200:Hole
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709:On
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