Sidney Lumet’s harrowing film is a true-life account of a NY narcotics detective- turned government informant; its length and intensity can be emotionally overpowering. Treat Williams is the idealistic cop who blows up his whole life and ends up betraying all the people he hoped to protect. He doesn’t seem to understand the ruthless, opportunistic nature of ‘systemic reform’ as he goes from good guy to the object of hate for both crooks and cops, and a target for the very same system that welcomed his help. The Wac made an excellent choice with this one — it’s one of the most deserving, underappreciated films of the early 1980s.
Prince of the City
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1981 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 167 min. / Available at Amazon.com / Street Date August 24, 2021 / 21.99
Starring: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, Carmine Caridi, Tony Page, Norman Parker, Paul Roebling, Bob Balaban,...
Prince of the City
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1981 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 167 min. / Available at Amazon.com / Street Date August 24, 2021 / 21.99
Starring: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, Carmine Caridi, Tony Page, Norman Parker, Paul Roebling, Bob Balaban,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A defamation case against the actor has failed after legal reps used 'gossip blogs' to locate him and could not serve papers
A professor who claims he was fired from his job at New York University for giving James Franco a "D" has lost a defamation case after a judge ruled his legal representatives failed to successfully serve the actor with legal papers, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
José Angel Santana had filed a civil action in the Manhattan supreme court over comments Franco made, labelling his classes "awful". In an interview with the New York Post he accused his former student of using "the bully pulpit of his celebrity to punish anyone who doesn't do his bidding".
Franco had described Santana as "awful" during interviews to promote his film The Broken Tower in April last year, as part of attempts to explain his lack of attendance at classes. "I...
A professor who claims he was fired from his job at New York University for giving James Franco a "D" has lost a defamation case after a judge ruled his legal representatives failed to successfully serve the actor with legal papers, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
José Angel Santana had filed a civil action in the Manhattan supreme court over comments Franco made, labelling his classes "awful". In an interview with the New York Post he accused his former student of using "the bully pulpit of his celebrity to punish anyone who doesn't do his bidding".
Franco had described Santana as "awful" during interviews to promote his film The Broken Tower in April last year, as part of attempts to explain his lack of attendance at classes. "I...
- 4/23/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
You might say James Franco schooled his former NYU professor. The Oz: The Great and Powerful star managed to get a judge to dismiss, in part, a lawsuit filed by José Angel Santana against the actor in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday, E! News confirms. Santana had sued Franco last month for defamation after the Oscar nominee told reporters he thought Santana was a "bad teacher," hence Franco's decision to only attend two of the professor's 14 class sessions. Franco's lawyer, however, maintained that the actor's comments regarding Santana were protected by freedom of speech. As for Wednesday's ruling, a court clerk did...
- 4/11/2013
- E! Online
For James Franco, there's no place like home. Court, on the other hand, is another story. The Oz: The Great and Powerful star is asking a judge to throw out on technical grounds a defamation lawsuit brought by his former Nyu professor, claiming it is without merit. In court documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court and obtained by the New York Daily News, the 34-year-old Franco says the legal action brought by José Angel Santana should be dismissed because a process server never actually served the suit on him. According to the filing, the process server instead served the papers at a California address where the Oscar-nominated actor does not reside. Santana previously filed a wrongful...
- 3/4/2013
- E! Online
Multi-talented force of nature James Franco will soon star in "Oz: The Great and Powerful," but first he has to follow the yellow brick road to Manhattan Supreme Court for a lawsuit far more worrisome than flying monkeys.
Back in December, we reported on an Nyu professor named José Angel Santana, who was suing the university for firing him under pressure from Franco (who got a "D" after being absent 12 of 14 classes), but now New York Post reports that Santana is taking a Civil Action directly against America's favorite Oscar host.
"Whoever was in Clint Eastwood’s chair at the Republican National Convention was more present than Mr. Franco was in my classes," said Santana sarcastically of the "127 Hours" Oscar-nominee, who he's accusing of using "the bully pulpit of his celebrity to punish anyone who doesn’t do his bidding."
Though the monetary damages he's asking for is unspecified, Santana...
Back in December, we reported on an Nyu professor named José Angel Santana, who was suing the university for firing him under pressure from Franco (who got a "D" after being absent 12 of 14 classes), but now New York Post reports that Santana is taking a Civil Action directly against America's favorite Oscar host.
"Whoever was in Clint Eastwood’s chair at the Republican National Convention was more present than Mr. Franco was in my classes," said Santana sarcastically of the "127 Hours" Oscar-nominee, who he's accusing of using "the bully pulpit of his celebrity to punish anyone who doesn’t do his bidding."
Though the monetary damages he's asking for is unspecified, Santana...
- 9/6/2012
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
A professor who claims he was fired from New York University after giving the actor a bad grade, is now suing his former student over remarks he made about his teaching
A professor who claims he was fired from his job at New York University after giving James Franco a "D" is to sue his former student for defamation.
José Angel Santana, who is already engaged in legal action against his former employer, has now filed a civil action in the Manhattan supreme court over comments Franco made labelling his classes "awful". He says he handed out the low grade because the 127 Hours star attended just two out of his 14 scheduled directing classes.
"Whoever was in Clint Eastwood's chair at the Republican national convention was more present than Mr Franco was in my classes," Santana told the New York Post. "[Franco] uses the bully pulpit of his celebrity to punish...
A professor who claims he was fired from his job at New York University after giving James Franco a "D" is to sue his former student for defamation.
José Angel Santana, who is already engaged in legal action against his former employer, has now filed a civil action in the Manhattan supreme court over comments Franco made labelling his classes "awful". He says he handed out the low grade because the 127 Hours star attended just two out of his 14 scheduled directing classes.
"Whoever was in Clint Eastwood's chair at the Republican national convention was more present than Mr Franco was in my classes," Santana told the New York Post. "[Franco] uses the bully pulpit of his celebrity to punish...
- 9/6/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
On Wednesday, José Angel Santana, who is already suing Nyu for allegedly firing him because he dared to give James Franco a "D," filed a lawsuit against the overachieving actor himself. The suit claims Franco defamed the former professor by saying in interviews that he skipped twelve of his fourteen directing classes because, “I didn’t feel like I needed to waste my time with a bad teacher.” Santana had some topical comebacks ready, telling the Post, “Whoever was in Clint Eastwood’s chair at the Republican National Convention was more present than Mr. Franco was in my classes." The lesson here: If you're the world's most famous perpetual grad student, consider saving your critiques for RateMyProfessors.com.
- 9/6/2012
- by Margaret Hartmann
- Vulture
This probably isn't the sort of Barack Obama comparison that James Franco would want. "Whoever was in Clint Eastwood's chair at the Republican National Convention was more present than Mr. Franco was in my classes," former New York University professor José Angel Santana told the New York Post in reference to his famous pupil, whom he's now suing for defamation. Santana previously filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit against Nyu that claimed he was fired for giving Franco a D over a shoddy attendance record. Franco's rep couldn't immediately be reached for comment on this new development. Calling the Oscar-nominated actor a "bully," Santana blasted Franco...
- 9/6/2012
- E! Online
A former New York University film professor made headlines recently for suing the school, which he said fired him for giving barely present graduate student James Franco a D in his class. José Angel Santana alleges not only racist employment practices at Nyu, but also that, "In my opinion, they've turned the Nyu graduate film degree into swag for James Franco's purposes, a possession, something you can buy." Burn. Anyway, none of this would matter were it not for the requisite Taiwanese news animation showcasing both Santana's firing and a reimagining of 127 Hours that's quite possibly better than Danny Boyle's film itself.
- 12/20/2011
- Movieline
A teacher on the actor's film course has filed a lawsuit claiming he was dismissed for giving Franco a D for poor attendance
A professor who was fired by New York University has filed a lawsuit claiming he was dismissed for giving celebrity student James Franco a D grade for poor attendance.
Dr José Angel Santana, who taught as an assistant arts professor on the actor's graduate film course, says that Franco – who supplements his acting career with stints as a novelist, installation artist, film director, soap star and part-time lecturer at Nyu – attended just two of his 14 lectures on a course called Directing the Actor II. Santana alleges that the university has given the star preferential treatment because of his celebrity status. "The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that's for sure," he told the New York Post. "The university has done everything in its...
A professor who was fired by New York University has filed a lawsuit claiming he was dismissed for giving celebrity student James Franco a D grade for poor attendance.
Dr José Angel Santana, who taught as an assistant arts professor on the actor's graduate film course, says that Franco – who supplements his acting career with stints as a novelist, installation artist, film director, soap star and part-time lecturer at Nyu – attended just two of his 14 lectures on a course called Directing the Actor II. Santana alleges that the university has given the star preferential treatment because of his celebrity status. "The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that's for sure," he told the New York Post. "The university has done everything in its...
- 12/20/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
In case you were wondering how James Franco managed to attend all the classes necessary to get masters’ degrees from Nyu, Columbia and Warren Wilson College, in addition to enrolling on Yale for a PhD program, the answer is: he…um…he almost didn’t. Now it’s emerged that Franco’s lack of attendance has allegedly resulted in the termination of an Nyu professor, at least according to said instructor José Angel Santana. In a new lawsuit he filed against the school, Professor Santana claims that he was unjustly canned for giving a Franco a D in his “Directing The Actor” course. Um, we don’t see what the problem is quit yet? D is for Diploma, James! Embrace it!
We have to assume this is the same D Franco complained about to the press back in September 2010. “I did the work, I did well in everything else,” Franco...
We have to assume this is the same D Franco complained about to the press back in September 2010. “I did the work, I did well in everything else,” Franco...
- 12/19/2011
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
James Franco wasn't just lucky to get a "D" in his Nyu acting class ... he was lucky to graduate -- this according to the professor who says the University fired him for sticking the actor with a low grade.José Angel Santana and his lawyer, Matt Blit, called in to TMZ Live today, claiming Nyu was shameless in its special treatment of Franco.Santana claimed, "I saw what every other student did during [the 3 years I was there], and I...
- 12/19/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A disgruntled New York University professor just blew a big hole in James Franco's reputation as the actor who made picking up a master's degree (or three) in his spare time look easy. José Angel Santana is now suing Nyu, claiming he got fired after he gave the school's resident Oscar nominee a D in his Directing the Actor II class for his poor attendance record. A rep for the school calls the claim "ridiculous," but, obviously, we're a little more interested in finding out just how many classes Franco supposedly skipped... According to Santana's lawsuit, filed Friday in New York Supreme Court, the 127 Hours star showed up for two of the course's 14 sessions and had 12...
- 12/19/2011
- E! Online
That's what José Angel Santana is claiming in a lawsuit filed against New York University in Manhattan Supreme Court, according to the New York Post.
Santana claims he was sacked from Nyu's Tisch School of the Arts for awarding Franco a "D" in Directing the Actor II after the Oscar-nominated "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" star missed 12 of 14 classes. (A "D" sounds kind of generous in that regard, eh?) "The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that’s for sure," the former professor to the Post. "In my opinion, they’ve turned the Nyu graduate film degree into swag for James Franco’s purposes, a possession, something you can buy."
Santana says that it is known that having a big-name student like Franco enrolled translates into increased enrollment (i.e. dollar bills, y'all) for the university, which is why other members of the Tisch...
Santana claims he was sacked from Nyu's Tisch School of the Arts for awarding Franco a "D" in Directing the Actor II after the Oscar-nominated "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" star missed 12 of 14 classes. (A "D" sounds kind of generous in that regard, eh?) "The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that’s for sure," the former professor to the Post. "In my opinion, they’ve turned the Nyu graduate film degree into swag for James Franco’s purposes, a possession, something you can buy."
Santana says that it is known that having a big-name student like Franco enrolled translates into increased enrollment (i.e. dollar bills, y'all) for the university, which is why other members of the Tisch...
- 12/19/2011
- by John Mitchell
- MTV Newsroom
A former Nyu professor claims he got the chop because he dared give James Franco a "D" -- this according to a new lawsuit.José Angel Santana -- who taught Franco in his "Directing the Actor" class -- is now suing the University for his job back, claiming he was wrongfully terminated ... because he's an Hispanic man with the audacity to give Franco a low grade.According to the lawsuit, Santana dropped the D on...
- 12/19/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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