Palo Alto (2013 film)

Palo Alto
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gia Coppola
Written by	Gia Coppola
Based on	Palo Alto: Stories by James Franco
Produced by	Sebastian Pardo Adriana Rotaru Miles Levy Vince Jolivette
Starring	Emma Roberts James Franco Jack Kilmer Nat Wolff
Cinematography	Autumn Cheyenne Durald
Edited by	Leo Scott
Music by	Devonté Hynes Robert Schwartzman
Production companies	Rabbit Bandini Productions American Zoetrope[1]
Distributed by	Tribeca Films
Release dates	August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29) (Telluride) May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million
Box office	$1.2 million[2]

Palo Alto is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Gia Coppola, based on James Franco's 2010 short story collection of the same name. The film stars Franco alongside Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff and Zoe Levin. It concerns a group of disaffected teenagers in a California suburb dealing with lust, boredom, and self-destruction. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2013 and later had a limited theatrical release on May 9, 2014.