This movie is about the life and death of the poet, Hart Crane (James Franco). It details his life, working for his father, trying to find time for his poetry, but also about his love life as a gay man. It is actually a very straightfoward movie, shot chronological, but does have some elements of poetry in the images as well (especially in the beginning of the movie), although not as much as I would have loved. The images themselves are mostly black and white, made with a handheld camera that makes the images very lively and nervous. These are good choices for a movie of this character. It …
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The Broken Tower
Overview
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
Release date
27/04/2012
Votes
26
Popularity
1.9
James Franco
Hart Crane
Stacey Miller
Mrs. Cowley
Vince Jolivette
American Man in Paris
Betsy Franco
Mother Crane
Dave Franco
Young Hart Crane
David Rothstadt
Poetry Reading Attendant
David Gerson
Drunken Cafe Attendant
Sean Patrick Murray
Movie Theater Attendant
Gary Abrams
Angry Boxing Fan
Ira Berkowitz
Poetry Enthusiast
Michael Shannon
Emile
Richard Abate
Father Crane
Paul Mariani
Alfred Stieglitz
Dylan Goodwin
Young Truck Driver
Caroline Aragon
French Cafe Owner
Sebastián Celis
Deckhand
Original Soundtrack
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I Love You, I Don't
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Sublime
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
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