Director
James Franco
Starring
Nat Wolff, James Franco, Vincent D'Onofrio, Selena Gomez, Sam Shepard, Robert Duvall
Certificate
PG
Run Time
114 mins
Release Year
2016
Country of Origin
USA
Language
English
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
In Dubious Battle
Part of the American Dreams Strand
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]