Director
James Franco
Starring
Nat Wolff, James Franco, Vincent D'Onofrio, Selena Gomez, Sam Shepard, Robert Duvall
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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]