The Broken Tower (2011)

Directed by

James Franco

Genre

drama film, docudrama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

James Franco directs and stars as American poet Hart Crane. The film follows Crane's life and relationships. Franco recites Crane's poems throughout the movie.

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What happens

The Broken Tower is a 2011 American biographical drama film directed, written, produced, edited by and starring James Franco. The film was made by Franco as his master's thesis for his MFA in filmmaking from New York University. The film is about American poet Hart Crane. Franco appears in the starring role as Crane along with Michael Shannon as one of Crane's lovers. The Broken Tower made its world premiere in April 2011 at Boston College. It was shown at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) in June 2011. It was released to theatres in the United States on April 27, 2012, and released on DVD in 2012. The film includes the recitation by Franco of several of Crane's poems both as voice-over additions to the film, as well as actual readings of several poems rendered by Franco as portraying Crane himself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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