Usher - Trailer 1 (2004 Film Festival Cut)

A young hit man falls on hard times and gets a job as an usher in a movie theatre. He can't handle it. He finds himself faced with the everyday frustrations of the workplace, and embroiled in the petty romances and power struggles of the high-school-aged employees. Unable to comprehend the unique social and moral rules of this environment, he begins to break down and lose touch with reality. Eventually his presumed training as a killer resurfaces as his last defense.

On the surface, USHER is a "genre-based" drama (the story of a "hit man in hiding"), but placed in a controlled, determined, work-based setting (a movie theatre), to explore the quieter reaches of the genre. It's by turns romantic, a thriller, and a meditation on art (it does take place in a movie theatre), its consumption and presumptions.

Usher went on to win the award for Best Feature at both the 2004 Telluride Indiefest and the 2004 Key West Indiefest, with the film's star - Thomas Alexander - also winning the 2004 Cinema Edge award for Best Lead Actor.

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Film & Animation

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• usher
• gary yap
• roger leatherwood
• thomas alexander
• pamela buchignani
• taxi driver
• usher movie
• hitman
• movie theater

[ilikestupid]

Thanks for putting this up. I couldn't get it to work on the film website.

[AnneFrederick7]

Thank you!