In Dubious Battle (2016)
Directed by James Franco
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Message Movie, Rural Drama |
Release Date - Feb 17, 2017 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 110 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Daniel Gelb
Mac McLeod (James Franco) and Jim Nolan (Nat Wolff), two idealistic members of a fringe political party, arrive at a Depression-era fruit farm in California and try to rally the laborers to unionize for better working conditions. Franco directed this adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1936 novel. Vincent D'Onofrio, Selena Gomez, Robert Duvall, and Ed Harris co-star.
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farm, fruit, Great-Depression, union [labor union], work [occupation], worker's-rights