In Dubious Battle

2016
R
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

4.6K

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Robert Duvall, James Franco, Selena Gomez, and Nat Wolff in In Dubious Battle (2016)

In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up against the landowners after getting paid a faction of the wages they were promised. The group takes on a life of its own -- stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism -- on the "courage never to submit or yield."

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An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins

Trivia
The DGA (Directors Guild of America) withheld Director James Franco's last paycheck in order to pay the crew.

Goofs
Scene where Mac brushes his teeth, he's using a 21st century white plastic toothbrush with accordion bend.

Quotes
[last lines]
Mac: [narrating] People think they want wealth or power, but that ain't it. People just wanna know their lives matter. That *they* matter. Having some control over your own life, that's worth fighting for, no matter the cost.

Connections
Referenced in Half in the Bag: The Disaster Artist (2017)

Soundtracks
Which Side Are You On?
Written by Florence Reece
Performed by The Almanac Singers featuring Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Woody Guthrie, and others
Published by Stormking Music (BMI)
By Arrangement of Bicycle Music Company
From the recording entitled "Talking Union and Other Union Songs" (FW05285)
Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, (p) & © 1955. Used by Permission.

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Featured review

6/10

Another James Franco movie of the week.

I've seen that James Franco is in at least one movie in theaters every week.

For the most part he places himself in the movie so that the movie would get more promotion like a theatrical release (Or so I believe).

This time was different as he directed and stared in this playing a major role as a unionizer, or rather the processor to this in 1933, which seems to be a Cold-hearted con man who just wants to make all workers get a fair shake. Plus the movie has a pretty big name cast with Vincent D'Onofrio Robert Duvall Bryan Cranston with a small role and Selma Gomez of all people trying to put some substance on her resume.

Plus Franco did a good job at directing himself.

It's a small movie with a very big cast, about a great story that still registers with people today.

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