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* FriendlessBackground: Wesley grew up in an orphanage, and the one person he was close to is dead. Vernon's father overprotected him to the point where it would have been hard for him to make friends even if he'd been neurotypical.
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''Killer Diller'' is a 2004 American musical drama film.
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* AndStarring: Taj Mahal as "J. R. Cox"… introducing Niki J. Crawford with John Michael Higgins and Fred Willard.
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''Killer Diller'' is a 2004 American musical drama film. Wesley (William Lee Scott), a guitar player and convicted car thief, is sent to live in a halfway house whose inhabitants are required to play hymns at the nearby Christian college. None of the convicts want to be in the band, and their music is half-hearted and insipid, until Wesley persuades autistic savant Vernon (Lucas Black) to join as their new pianist. Vernon brings out his bandmates' hidden talent, and together he and Wesley transform the group into a rocking blues band, the Killer Diller Blues Band.
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''Killer Diller'' is a 2004 American musical dramafilm. film.
Wesley (William Lee Scott), a guitar player and convicted car thief, is sent to live in a halfway house whose inhabitants are required to play hymns at the nearby Christian college. None of the convicts want to be in the band, and their music is half-hearted and insipid, until Wesley persuades autistic savant Vernon (Lucas Black) to join as their new pianist. Vernon brings out his bandmates' hidden talent, and together he and Wesley transform the group into a rocking blues band, the Killer Diller Blues Band.
''Killer Diller'' is a 2004 American musical drama
Wesley (William Lee Scott), a guitar player and convicted car thief, is sent to live in a halfway house whose inhabitants are required to play hymns at the nearby Christian college. None of the convicts want to be in the band, and their music is half-hearted and insipid, until Wesley persuades autistic savant Vernon (Lucas Black) to join as their new pianist. Vernon brings out his bandmates' hidden talent, and together he and Wesley transform the group into a rocking blues band, the Killer Diller Blues Band.
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''Killer Diller'' is a 2004 American musical drama film. Wesley (William Lee Scott), a guitar player and convicted car thief, is sent to live in a halfway house whose inhabitants are required to play hymns at the nearby Christian college. None of the convicts want to be in the band, and their music is half-hearted and insipid, until Wesley persuades autistic savant Vernon (Lucas Black) to join as their new pianist. Vernon brings out his bandmates' hidden talent, and together he and Wesley transform the group into a rocking blues band, the Killer Diller Blues Band.
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!!''Killer Diller'' contains examples of:
* AirGuitar: While the band is playing at a school, Wesley sees Vernon playing air piano on a table. Exasperated by his bandmates' apparent lack of talent, Wesley wanders over and starts air guitaring next to him.
* AndStarring: Taj Mahal as "J. R. Cox"… introducing Niki J. Crawford with John Michael Higgins and Fred Willard.
* TheCameo: Taj Mahal appears briefly as Wesley's [[PosthumousCharacter dead mentor]].
* ChubbyChaser: The two women in the halfway house are both attracted to the men at the fat camp across the street.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Vernon's dad bans him from playing with other people, so Vernon has to forge his signature on the permission form and sneak out to performances.
* MiddleNameBasis: Vernon's full name is [[Creator/JulesVerne Jules Vernon]] Jackson.
* MissingMom: Vernon's mother is dead. Wesley tells people that his is, too, but the truth is that she walked out on him.
* PottyFailure: During Vernon's first public performance with the band, he wets his pants after one song. Ned, who runs the halfway house, likes Vernon's playing so much that he lends him his pants so he can continue.
* ReformedCriminal: Most of the main cast.
* TalentDouble: Tree Adams on guitar and Jeff Babko on piano.
* WorkoutFanservice: Vernon's out-of-shape dad likes to watch workout videos of sweaty, muscular women.
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!!''Killer Diller'' contains examples of:
* AirGuitar: While the band is playing at a school, Wesley sees Vernon playing air piano on a table. Exasperated by his bandmates' apparent lack of talent, Wesley wanders over and starts air guitaring next to him.
* AndStarring: Taj Mahal as "J. R. Cox"… introducing Niki J. Crawford with John Michael Higgins and Fred Willard.
* TheCameo: Taj Mahal appears briefly as Wesley's [[PosthumousCharacter dead mentor]].
* ChubbyChaser: The two women in the halfway house are both attracted to the men at the fat camp across the street.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Vernon's dad bans him from playing with other people, so Vernon has to forge his signature on the permission form and sneak out to performances.
* MiddleNameBasis: Vernon's full name is [[Creator/JulesVerne Jules Vernon]] Jackson.
* MissingMom: Vernon's mother is dead. Wesley tells people that his is, too, but the truth is that she walked out on him.
* PottyFailure: During Vernon's first public performance with the band, he wets his pants after one song. Ned, who runs the halfway house, likes Vernon's playing so much that he lends him his pants so he can continue.
* ReformedCriminal: Most of the main cast.
* TalentDouble: Tree Adams on guitar and Jeff Babko on piano.
* WorkoutFanservice: Vernon's out-of-shape dad likes to watch workout videos of sweaty, muscular women.
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