WHO’S IN IT?
James Franco (127 Hours), Dave Franco (21 Jump Street), Seth Rogen (Knocked Up), Alison Brie (How To Be Single), Ari Graynor (The Sitter), Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook), Zac Efron (Bad Neighbours), Hannibal Buress (Daddy’s Home), Andrew Santino (Warren), June Diane Raphael (Bride Wars), Nathan Fielder (The Night Before), Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct), Melanie Griffith (Working Girl), Paul Scheer (Piranha 3D), Jason Mantzoukas (The House), Megan Mullally (Why Him?), Judd Apatow (Heavyweights), Kate Upton (The Other Woman), Dylan Minnette (Don’t Breathe), Zoey Deutch (Dirty Grandpa), Sugar Lyn Beard (Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad), Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton), Randall Park (The Interview), Casey Wilson (Gone Girl)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
James Franco (As I Lay Dying), director, producer; Scott Neustadter (500 Days of Summer) and Michael H. Weber (The Fault In Our Stars), writers; Evan Goldberg (This Is The End), Vince Jolivette (Palo Alto), Seth Rogen (Sausage Party) and James Weaver (Bad Neighbours), producers; Dave Porter (The Third Wish), composer; Brandon Trost (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), cinematographer; Stacey Schroeder (Casual Encounters), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
In the early 2000s, aspiring actors Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) and Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) make a movie together called The Room, which through Wiseau’s wildly eccentric filmmaking style and the growing frustration between him and the rest of the crew would come to be known as one of the worst movies of all time…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Director-star James Franco’s tragicomic exploration of one of pop culture’s most baffling but exhilaratingly awful movies is both hilarious and also a beautiful love letter to the art and passion of moviemaking.
