Title: True Story
Rating: R
Director: Rupert Goold
Writer: Rupert Goold and David Kajganich
Stars: James Franco, Jonah Hill and Felicity Jones
Release Date: 4/17/2015
Running Time: 100 minutes
When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo – who has taken on Finkel’s identity – his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.
Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
Dedication: After the credits we see a picture and dedication to Digby the dog. “Digby – In Dedication”
SYNOPSIS
Cast: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan, Diana Bang, Timothy Simons, Reese Alexander, Eminem, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rob Lowe
Director: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Screenplay by: Dan Sterling
Story by: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Dan Sterling
Producer: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver and Alex McAtee
Executive Producers: James Franco, Kyle Hunter, Miles Levy, Ariel Shaffir, Ben Waisbren and Shawn Williamson
In the action-comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show Skylark Tonight. When they discover that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the most unlikely candidates, to take out Kim Jong-un.
Discovering a cache of cash in their dead tenant’s apt, a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly adversary-the thief who stole it.
A dispossessed, violent man’s life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, Ballard descends to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and degradation.
Shy, sensitive April is the class virgin, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach Mr. B and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy.
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from “Cruising” as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.