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Lost in his constant search for a mother he never knew and a father who spent his life as a petty criminal, James Franco as Adam Blande updates the James Dean mythical figure in this gripping, character-driven thriller.
Franco appeared in four films in 2011, including the poorly-received fantasy film Your Highness, [9] and the science fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), a critical and commercial success. [10]
James Franco. Actor: Spring Breakers. Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business.
- January 1, 1
- 1.80 m
- Palo Alto, California, USA
- Memoria (2016) 100%
- Milk (2008) 93%
- The Spider-Man Franchise
- Goat (2016) 79%
- Yosemite (2015) 77%
- In The Valley of Elah (2007) 74%
(Photo by Monterey Media) As if it weren’t enough that Memoria served as one of a whopping nine movies Franco released in 2016, it’s also based on a short story he wrote — all of which might make it sound like the vanity project to end all vanity projects, if not for the universally positive critical reception it earned during its limited release. ...
(Photo by Focus Features) Sean Penn rightly received most of the many accolades afforded this 2008 biopic of assassinated political activist Harvey Milk, but director Gus Van Sant wasn’t content to let his movie rest on its star’s performance — he rounded out the cast of Milkwith a number of actors whose seamlessly committed performances helped mak...
(Photo by Columbia Pictures) Long before Tom Holland swung into the MCU as Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire brought Marvel’s wall-crawler to the big screen in director Sam Raimi’s blockbuster trilogy — and Franco joined the core ensemble cast as Harry Osborn, Peter Parker’s best pal and the future Green Goblin. Harry’s tortured arc helped form the backbon...
(Photo by Paramount Pictures) In addition to taking a supporting role, Franco also donned his producer’s hat for Goat, a harrowing drama from director/co-writer Andrew Neel about a college freshman (Ben Schnetzer) whose efforts to fit in on campus include pledging his older brother’s fraternity — a fateful decision that soon goes violently wrong, f...
(Photo by Monterey Media) One of several films drawing from Franco’s 2010 short story collection Palo Alto, this 2015 indie drama weaves together “Yosemite” and “Peter Parker,” a pair of stories from the book, to observe moments in the lives of three fifth-grade boys in 1985. As with other Palo Alto-derived movies, Franco produced and starred but d...
In this Paul Haggis drama, Franco took a supporting role alongside Jason Patric as one of two politely dismissive Army officers who interfere with the efforts of a grieving father (played by Tommy Lee Jones) to uncover the facts of his son’s gruesome murder. Though its Iraq War overtones didn’t do it many favors with audiences, and some critics fel...
- 127 HOURS (2010) Director: Danny Boyle. Writers: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy. Starring Kate Mara, Treat Williams, Amber Tamblyn. Franco received an Oscar nomination as Best Actor for this true story of an avid hiker and outdoorsman who slips and falls while in a Utah canyon and gets his arm stuck under a boulder.
- MILK (2008) Director: Gus Van Sant. Writer: Dustin Lance Black. Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch. Franco won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor for this biopic about Harvey Milk (portrayed by Sean Penn in an Oscar winning Best Actor role.)
- THE DISASTER ARTIST (2017) Director: James Franco. Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber. Starring Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor. Franco directed and starred in this film about another film called “The Room.”
- SPRING BREAKERS (2012) Director and writer: Harmony Korine. Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson. Franco won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film from the writer of “Kids.”
The Broken Tower. 20111h 39mNot Rated. 4.8 (1.3K) Rate. 46Metascore. A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba. Director James Franco Stars James Franco Michael Shannon Stacey Miller.
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He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi 's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
