In Dubious Battle
Part of the American Dreams Strand
James Franco
PG
114 mins
2016
USA
English
Nat Wolff, James Franco, Vincent D'Onofrio, Selena Gomez, Sam Shepard, Robert Duvall
Director of Photography: Bruce Thierry Cheung
Editor: Aaron I. Butler, Gary D. Roach
Produced by: Monika Bacardi, Andrea Iervolino, Vince Jolivette,Scott Reed, Ron Singer, Iris Torres
Music: HAUSCHKA
Screenplay by: Matthew Rager
Production Designer: Kristen Adams
Director Bio
James Franco
Director Bio
James Franco is an actor, director, screenwriter, producer, teacher and author. He began his career on Freaks and Geeks and received a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the biographical film James Dean. Notable film credits include the Spider-Man trilogy, Milk (2008), and 127 Hours (2010), for which he received Academy Award, SAG and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor.
James Franco directs (and takes a key role in) this impressively mounted adaptation of the 1936 John Steinbeck novel, delivering a film that feels like an authentic slice of rural Americana, driven by social anger. Franco and Nat Wolff play members of ‘The Party’ who encourage fruit pickers to strike against a tough boss (Robert Duvall on top form), who had promised a fair wage but then reduced it by two thirds, leading to an increasingly brutal standoff. [PG]