The Broken Tower

The Broken Tower

The truth is indecent

2012•1h 51m•4.6/10

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4.6/10(25)

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

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Production

Made In Film-Land, Rabbit Bandini Productions, Focus Features

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

James Franco

James Franco

Hart Crane

Stacey Miller

Mrs. Cowley

Vince Jolivette

American Man in Paris

Betsy Franco

Mother Crane

Dave Franco

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

Michael Shannon

Emile

Richard Abate

Father Crane

Paul Mariani

Alfred Stieglitz

Dylan Goodwin

Young Truck Driver

Caroline Aragon

French Cafe Owner

Sebastián Celis

Deckhand

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