Addiction ( Good Time Max ) ( Brother Apocalypse )

Addiction (Blu-Ray) (*)

$31.99

Original Title: Good Time Max
Alternate Title: Brother Apocalypse
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Stockholm Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards
Tribeca Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( DTS 5.1 )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

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:

There is a thin line between genius and insanity, which actor James (Harry Osborne in 'Spiderman') Franco shows in his self-directed and co-written feature. He stars as one of two intellectually gifted brothers who embark on separate paths in life: one struggling with a heavy heroin addiction, the other one facing a bright future as a successful doctor. The drug-addict Max (Franco) - who has a talent
for screwing up and disappointing those around him - fails to hustle a big shot drug dealer and desperately persuades his brother Adam to take him along on his trip to California. Although Max fast talks his way into a computer firm and promises to go straight, he soon falls back into his addiction and drags his brother down with him on a drug-fueled road to destruction. James Franco, also seen at Stockholm's Film Festival starring in 'An American Crime' and 'In the Valley of Elah', blends crisp stylish camerawork with homemade DV-footage and tasteful indiemusic in his third project, which is dedicated to
his brother.

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 Friday 04 December, 2015.

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