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Good Time Max (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
76 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
James Franco

Written By:
Merriwether Williams
James Franco

Actors:
James Franco ..... Max
Vince Jolivette ..... Bruce
Wilmer Calderon ..... T-Ray
Trip Hope ..... Skeet
Richard Portnow ..... Head Administrator
Jarrod Bunch ..... Doug
Robyn Cohen ..... Jo
Peter Mackenzie ..... Anesthesiologist
Brian Lally ..... Lt. Lally / Philosophical Biker
Charity Shea ..... Big Guy's Girl
Molly Cheek ..... Carol
Mary Payne ..... Teacher
Mark Hapka ..... Mark
Bailey Hughes ..... Young Max
Tylor Chase ..... Young Adam

Synopsis:

Actor James Franco wrote and directed this independent drama about two siblings who are by turns raised up and brought down by the bonds of family. Max (James Franco) boasts a genius level IQ, and his brother Adam (Matt Bell) is nearly as bright, but while Adam has the common sense and ambition to make something of his gifts, Max's greatest talent seems to be getting into scrapes and disappointing those around him. Adam has a successful practice as a doctor in New York City, but when Max foolishly tries to swindle some well-connected drug dealers, he has to leave the Big Apple, and somehow persuades his brother to take him to California. On the West Coast, Adam is able to use his medical background to get a lucrative new job, and Max fast talks his way onto the staff of a computer firm. However, Max's inability to stay on the straight and narrow and face his responsibilities quickly resurfaces, and when he starts using crystal meth, he loses his job. Adam also experiences a stretch of bad luck and loses his job, and as a sense of desperation takes hold, he starts joining Max in his drug fueled excesses, leading both down a road to destruction. 'Good Time Max' received its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.

The film follows two gifted brothers whose paths diverge as one becomes a surgeon and the other dabbles in drug use, drug dealing and bouts of unemployment. Franco cast himself as the miscreant, Max. Why? "It was really just a process of elimination. I was better suited for this role than the responsible surgeon." The role gave Franco the opportunity to direct himself blowing lines of cocaine, snorting and smoking crystal meth, and defecating on a living room floor. And he manages to keep Max sympathetic throughout.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 February, 2012.