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The Broken Tower

  • 4.8 /10

  • 24

  • 20%

Plot

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Cast

James Franco as Hart Crane
James Franco

as Hart Crane

Stacey Miller as Mrs. Cowley
Stacey Miller

as Mrs. Cowley

Vince Jolivette as American Man in Paris
Vince Jolivette

as American Man in Paris

Betsy Franco as Mother Crane
Betsy Franco

as Mother Crane

Dave Franco as Young Hart Crane
Dave Franco

as Young Hart Crane

David Rothstadt as Poetry Reading Attendant
David Rothstadt

as Poetry Reading Attendant

David Gerson as Drunken Cafe Attendant
David Gerson

as Drunken Cafe Attendant

Sean Patrick Murray as Movie Theater Attendant
Sean Patrick Murray

as Movie Theater Attendant

Gary Abrams as Angry Boxing Fan
Gary Abrams

as Angry Boxing Fan

Ira Berkowitz as Poetry Enthusiast
Ira Berkowitz

as Poetry Enthusiast

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Not Rated

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • April 27, 2012

Production Companies

  • Made In Film-Land

  • Rabbit Bandini Productions

  • Focus Features

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.85 hrs

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Reviews

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…