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The Disaster Artist

  • 20172017
  • RR
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
153K
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James Franco, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, and Dave Franco in The Disaster Artist (2017)
Aspiring filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and best friend Greg Sestero move to Los Angeles to achieve Hollywood stardom. Financed with his own money, Wiseau writes, directs and stars in 'The Room,' a critically maligned movie that becomes a cult classic.
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When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come tru... Read allWhen Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
153K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,966
299
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    • Director
      • James Franco
    • Writers
      • Scott Neustadter(screenplay by)
      • Michael H. Weber(screenplay by)
      • Greg Sestero(based on the book "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made" by)
    • Stars
      • James Franco
      • Dave Franco
      • Ari Graynor
    Top credits
    • Director
      • James Franco
    • Writers
      • Scott Neustadter(screenplay by)
      • Michael H. Weber(screenplay by)
      • Greg Sestero(based on the book "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made" by)
    • Stars
      • James Franco
      • Dave Franco
      • Ari Graynor
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 450User reviews
    • 400Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 32 wins & 86 nominations total

    Videos9

    Trailer #2
    Trailer 2:11
    Trailer #2
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:16
    Official Trailer
    Teaser Trailer
    Trailer 1:31
    Teaser Trailer
    I Did Not Hit Her
    Clip 1:31
    I Did Not Hit Her
    'The Disaster Artist' Cast Divulge Their First On-Screen Kiss
    Interview 2:29
    'The Disaster Artist' Cast Divulge Their First On-Screen Kiss
    'The Disaster Artist' Cast Recreate Their Favorite Lines From 'The Room'
    Interview 0:46
    'The Disaster Artist' Cast Recreate Their Favorite Lines From 'The Room'
    When 'The Disaster Artist' Cast Joined the Cult of 'The Room'
    Interview 4:21
    When 'The Disaster Artist' Cast Joined the Cult of 'The Room'
    Paul Scheer on Why There Are No Bad Movies
    Video 5:20
    Paul Scheer on Why There Are No Bad Movies
    Seth Rogen Talks About Awards Buzz for 'Disaster Artist'
    Video 2:32
    Seth Rogen Talks About Awards Buzz for 'Disaster Artist'

    Photos205

    James Franco and Dave Franco in The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Seth Rogen in The Disaster Artist (2017)
    James Franco in The Disaster Artist (2017)
    James Franco and Tamzin Brown in The Disaster Artist (2017)
    James Franco in The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Seth Rogen, Paul Scheer, Dave Franco, Charlyne Yi, and Kelly Oxford in The Disaster Artist (2017)
    James Franco and Michael H. Weber in The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Tommy Wiseau at an event for The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Greg Sestero and Mark Atkinson at an event for The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Shirley MacLaine, James Franco, Emma Stone, Tommy Wiseau, and Dave Franco at an event for The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Mark Atkinson and Jaeden Martell at an event for The Disaster Artist (2017)
    Tommy Wiseau and Mark Atkinson at an event for The Disaster Artist (2017)

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    • Mrs. Sestero
    Jason Mantzoukas
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    • Peter
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    • Jean Shelton
    • Director
      • James Franco
    • Writers
      • Scott Neustadter(screenplay by)
      • Michael H. Weber(screenplay by)
      • Greg Sestero(based on the book "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made" by)
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    • Trivia
      In real life, Greg and Tommy did not move to Los Angeles at the same time. Tommy offered his LA apartment to Greg, for a nominal rent for several months (though Greg stated none of the rent checks he sent to Tommy were deposited), while Tommy came and went from San Francisco at random. Once Greg had booked some small gigs, Tommy suddenly moved in full time to the LA apartment, cashed all of Greg's checks at once overdrawing his account, and set up the divider in the living room as seen in this film.
    • Goofs
      At the end of the film, text states that to this day nobody knows how old Wiseau is, where he is from or how he made so much money. In actuality, his naturalization records can be found online that show he was born in Poland on October 3, 1955 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1984 in San Francisco. According to Sestero, he moved to France before immigrating to the United States and changing his name to Thomas Pierre Wiseau (likely from Tomasz Piotr Wieczorkiewicz or Wieczór). Furthermore, a documentary filmmaker discovered he was born in Poznan, Poland. However, it remains a mystery as Wiseau will not confirm these details, and how he became so wealthy is still not known.
    • Quotes

      [from trailer]

      Sandy Schklair: Action!

      [Wiseau enters the scene]

      Tommy Wiseau: I did not hit her. It's not true. It's bullshit! I did not hit her. I did not.

      [throws water bottle on the ground]

      Tommy Wiseau: Oh, hi Mark.

      [pause, then the crew applauds before Greg hugs Wiseau]

    • Crazy credits
      While Corona's song "Rhythm Of The Night" plays over the credits, you can hear Tommy(Franco) singing along to the song.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Philip DeFranco Show: Hillary Clinton's Secret Takeover Exposed, Why iPhones Tag Your Boobs, and More (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      It Won't Be Me
      Written by Jennifer Bone, Andrew Gonzales & Francine Reed

      Performed by Francine Reed

      Courtesy of Fervor Records

    User reviews450

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    8/10
    Not a Mockery, It's a Celebration of Two Men Pursuing Their Dream
    Going into the theater, I was under the impression that this was a silly James Franco and Seth Rogen movie that made fun of The Room, a legendary bad movie. That's not what the Disaster Artist is at all. Instead, it celebrates The Room. It celebrates Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, their passion, and their pursuit of a dream.

    Sure, The Disaster Artist comments on how The Room bombed terribly; it had to acknowledge this. It comments on the utter lack of acting talent that Tommy and Greg possessed; it had to acknowledge this too. But it handles these details with such delicacy and care that I never felt that it was putting down the characters. Actually, it seemed that the film admired them. Even when the world told them to quit, they never gave up on themselves or each other. The message is surprisingly inspiring.

    The movie becomes something more than mere mockery because of the way it handles the relationship between Tommy and Greg with such care and affection. The two genuinely liked each other and saw each other in ways that no one else did. Greg certainly did not understand all of Tommy's methods and decisions, but he understood Tommy's good intentions. Establishing this buddy connection is crucial later in the movie.

    After Tommy writes The Room and they begin filming, Tommy expresses his idiosyncrasies in full force. While the film crew sees him as a confusing weirdo, we know there's something more. Despite his utter incompetence in directing and acting and all aspects of filmmaking, we still root him. And we still root for Greg, ever the supportive friend. Tommy makes absurd and confounding choices that don't make sense to Greg and they don't make sense to anyone else either. Even one of Tommy's explanations was simply "people do crazy things." Still, Greg remains loyal.

    With as strange as Wiseau behaves, capturing his eccentricities would clearly prove challenging. Give James Franco credit for capturing Wiseau's weirdness in character without ever devolving into derisive mockery. Franco captures his gait, stiff shoulders, hunched posture, indeterminable and inconsistent accent, and his laugh. Watching The Room and hearing Tommy Wiseau laugh, I thought that it sounded completely fake. I chalked it up to another instance of poor acting. But after seeing Wiseau in interviews, I realized that it was his real laugh. To him, the laugh wasn't poor acting because that's what he thinks a genuine laugh sounds like.

    Seeing and hearing Wiseau behaving as himself explains a lot about his behavior in The Room. He's just an interesting and very unusual guy. His acting and the acting of others in his movie is still atrocious, but it shifts from startlingly and confusingly bad to understandably bad. And more importantly, seeing the real Tommy makes his movie all the more fun.

    You don't need to see The Room to enjoy The Disaster Artist. Would it help? Sure. Seeing The Room first makes many of the inside jokes made in The Disaster Artist funnier and gives a clearer sense of how confoundingly weird the movie truly is. Words cannot do it justice. To understand, you have to see The Room for yourself. I recommend seeing both.
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    • Release date
      • December 8, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nghệ Sĩ Thảm Họa
    • Filming locations
      • Majestic Crest Theater - 1262 Westwood Blvd., Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Good Universe
      • New Line Cinema
      • Point Grey Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,120,616
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,211,345
      • Dec 3, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,820,616
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • IMAX 6-Track
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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