"Bring my brother back!" New Films International has debuted a trailer for James Franco's adaptation of William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury, about the Compson Family living in the deep south in Mississippi in the early 20th century. Starring as Benjy Compson (as seen above) is none other than James Franco himself, with quite an ensemble cast to boot: Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Loretta Devine, Joey King, and Ahna O’Reilly. This doesn't have the best reviews, but Dan Romer's Beasts of the Southern Wild score is a nice addition to the trailer. That's all to take not of. Here's the first official trailer for James Franco's The Sound and The Fury, on YouTube (via SlashFilm): A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.
- 11/2/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Read More: Venice Review: James Franco’s ‘The Sound And The Fury’ With Tim Blake Nelson, Seth Rogen & Danny McBride James Franco is about to complete his quest to make the Great American Novel adaptation with "The Sound and the Fury," his second adaptation of a William Faulkner novel after "As I Lay Dying" in 2013. The film, which stars himself as Benjy Compson opposite Ahna O'Reilly as Caddy Compson, premiered way back at the 2014 Venice Film Festival and will finally be released this Friday. The film is an adaptation by screenwriter Matt Rager of Faulkner's classic novel. It centers around the trials and tribulations of the Compsons, a formerly aristocratic southern family whose wealth and status have dried up. New Films International will release the film in theaters and VOD on October 23. James Franco's Movie Column: Guy Maddin's 'The Forbidden Room' is Crazy With Purpose...
- 10/19/2015
- by Wil Barlow
- Indiewire
Prior to James Franco’s first adaptation in 2013, no one had taken on the daunting task of adapting a William Faulkner novel for film since 1983’s A Rose For Emily. Successfully adapting Faulkner is nearly impossible, and Franco learned this the hard way as scathing reviews for As I Lay Dying surfaced after its premiere. One would hope that Franco would have learned from that disaster, but less than a year later, the filmmaker is back with his adaptation of Faulkner’s most esteemed novel, The Sound and the Fury.
There are many reasons why the revered American author’s novels are often called “unfilmable.” While they are certainly experimental and cerebral, the most difficult part about adapting a Faulkner novel is capturing the stream-of-consciousness style of writing he often used. To elaborate, many of Faulkner’s novels are written in first person perspectives, with their narrator’s thoughts written...
There are many reasons why the revered American author’s novels are often called “unfilmable.” While they are certainly experimental and cerebral, the most difficult part about adapting a Faulkner novel is capturing the stream-of-consciousness style of writing he often used. To elaborate, many of Faulkner’s novels are written in first person perspectives, with their narrator’s thoughts written...
- 9/25/2014
- by Matt Hoffman
- We Got This Covered
Nothing – but nothing! – is un-filmable for James Franco. Novel about a necrophiliac psychopath? Modernist tome written primarily in stream-of-consciousness Southern vernacular? He’ll give them all a shot. Franco’s latest attempt at cinematic immortality is The Sound and the Fury, an adaptation of William Faulkner’s brilliant (and difficult) novel that follows the trials and tribulations of the Compson family as they live, love, and destroy themselves from the inside out.
The Sound and the Fury stars Franco himself in the role of Benjy Compson, the mentally-disabled brother who begins the book’s narrative. We will not see him in this first clip coming out of the Venice International Film Festival, however; instead, we’re favored with the performances of Scott Haze, as the younger Jason Compson and Joey King as Miss Quentin. We also get to see how Franco handles his camera, which is intense but just a...
The Sound and the Fury stars Franco himself in the role of Benjy Compson, the mentally-disabled brother who begins the book’s narrative. We will not see him in this first clip coming out of the Venice International Film Festival, however; instead, we’re favored with the performances of Scott Haze, as the younger Jason Compson and Joey King as Miss Quentin. We also get to see how Franco handles his camera, which is intense but just a...
- 9/2/2014
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Thanks to the difficulty of William Faulkner’s stream-of-consciousness writing, his novel The Sound and the Fury has only seen one major film adaptation, released in 1959. That is, until James Franco decided to take a stab at the perennial high school English-class favorite. Franco’s adaptation, which he directed and also stars in, has a new clip to show fans of Franco and the novel what’s in store.
Debuted by Deadline, the clip is notably Franco-free; it depicts Scott Haze’s Jason Compson IV reprimanding his niece Miss Quentin (Joey King) for her appearance. Their servant Dilsey (Loretta Devine...
Debuted by Deadline, the clip is notably Franco-free; it depicts Scott Haze’s Jason Compson IV reprimanding his niece Miss Quentin (Joey King) for her appearance. Their servant Dilsey (Loretta Devine...
- 9/2/2014
- by Jonathon Dornbush
- EW - Inside Movies
In a lawsuit that we would say was apparently written by Benjy Compson were we not afraid that we would also become its target, the owners of the literary rights to the works of William Faulkner are suing Sony, claiming copyright infringement based on the paraphrasing of a Faulkner quote in Woody Allen's Midnight In Paris. The quote, as spoken by Owen Wilson's character: "The past is not dead! Actually, it's not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. And I met him, too. I ran into him at a dinner party ...
- 10/26/2012
- avclub.com
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