| The Broken Tower | |
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| Directed by | James Franco |
| Screenplay by | James Franco |
| Based on | The Broken Tower by Paul L. Mariani |
| Produced by | James Franco Caroline Aragon Vince Jolivette Miles Levy Christina Voros |
| Starring | James Franco Michael Shannon |
| Cinematography | Christina Voros |
| Edited by | James Franco |
| Music by | Neil Benezra |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Focus World[1] |
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Running time | 99 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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,[2] 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.
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