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In Dubious Battle

  • 20162016
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  • 1h 50m
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Robert Duvall, James Franco, Selena Gomez, and Nat Wolff in In Dubious Battle (2016)
In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up against the landowners after getting paid a faction of the wages they were promised. The group takes on a life of its own -- stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism -- on the "courage never to submit or yield."
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An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.
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    • James Franco
    • Matt Rager(screenplay by)
    • John Steinbeck(based on the book by)
  • Stars
    • Nat Wolff
    • James Franco
    • Vincent D'Onofrio
    • James Franco
    • Matt Rager(screenplay by)
    • John Steinbeck(based on the book by)
  • Stars
    • Nat Wolff
    • James Franco
    • Vincent D'Onofrio
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    • 29User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
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    Vincent D'Onofrio in In Dubious Battle (2016)
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    Vincent D'Onofrio, Josh Hutcherson, Nat Wolff, and Lio Tipton in In Dubious Battle (2016)
    James Franco in In Dubious Battle (2016)
    Vincent D'Onofrio, James Franco, and Nat Wolff in In Dubious Battle (2016)
    Vincent D'Onofrio and Nat Wolff in In Dubious Battle (2016)
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    Selena Gomez in In Dubious Battle (2016)
    Robert Duvall and James Franco in In Dubious Battle (2016)
    Robert Duvall in In Dubious Battle (2016)
    James Franco and Selena Gomez in In Dubious Battle (2016)
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    Nat Wolff
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    • Jim
    James Franco
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    • Mac
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    Selena Gomez
    • Lisa
    Ahna O'Reilly
    Ahna O'Reilly
    • Edie
    Lio Tipton
    Lio Tipton
    • Vera
    • (as Analeigh Tipton)
    Jack Kehler
    Jack Kehler
    • Dr. Burton
    Scott Haze
    Scott Haze
    • Frank the Foreman
    Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard
    • Mr. Anderson
    Joel Marsh Garland
    Joel Marsh Garland
    • Al
    John Savage
    John Savage
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    Robert Duvall
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    Ed Harris
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    Josh Hutcherson
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    Julian De Niro
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      • Matt Rager(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      The DGA (Directors Guild of America) withheld Director James Franco's last paycheck in order to pay the crew.
    • Goofs
      Scene where Mac brushes his teeth, he's using a 21st century white plastic toothbrush with accordion bend.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Mac: [narrating] People think they want wealth or power, but that ain't it. People just wanna know their lives matter. That *they* matter. Having some control over your own life, that's worth fighting for, no matter the cost.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Half in the Bag: The Disaster Artist (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Which Side Are You On?
      Written by Florence Reece
      Performed by The Almanac Singers featuring Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Woody Guthrie, and others
      Published by Stormking Music (BMI)
      By Arrangement of Bicycle Music Company
      From the recording entitled "Talking Union and Other Union Songs" (FW05285)
      Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, (p) & © 1955. Used by Permission.

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    read 'In Dubious Battle' by John Steinbeck
    Liked this movie? read the book. didn't like this movie? read the book. the book is soooo good, and no matter how good (or bad) the adaption, the movie just can't capture it's essence.

    read 'In Dubious Battle' by John Steinbeck.
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    • Feb 19, 2021

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      • February 17, 2017 (United States)
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      • Yakima, Washington, USA
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      • Ambi Pictures
      • RabbitBandini Productions
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