Sentences with phrase «as the disaster artist»

As The Disaster Artist (both the book and the movie) details, he made all sorts of bizarre, incompetent decisions, like shooting his movie on 35 - millimeter and digital film simultaneously at prohibitive expense, building elaborate and pricey sets for locations he could have filmed on for free, and firing crew members without cause at the drop of a hat.

The video also shows Franco speaking as Wiseau to the real Wiseau while filming the cameo which played over as The Disaster Artist's post-credits scene, earning Wiseau's praise for mastering the accent that the real Wiseau claims to have dropped.

But there may never have been a project so obviously suited to the actor - poet - writer - philosopher - pretty - plausible - as - a-weed-dealer as The Disaster Artist, which is about the making of the terrible 2003 film The Room.

For as hilarious as The Disaster Artist is, its story of unlikely becoming a legend and friendship aids that triumph.

Of late, however, he has confided an intention to slow his fervid pace and focus on favored ventures, such as The Disaster Artist.

As Disaster Artist writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber revealed to The Wrap, the weird post-credits tag was included in order to satisfy a stipulation added by Wiseau during life rights negotiations with James Franco.

Who would have thought that back when The Room was first released as a $ 1,800 grossing flop in 2003, it would lead not only to such a midnight movie renaissance, but also a biopic on the same level as The Disaster Artist?

We'll soon find out if the end product is any good, as The Disaster Artist hits theaters on December 1st.

Though who've seen the disaster art that is The Room will probably have a further appreciation for what Franco and Co. have created but a lack of familiarity is not a bar for entry as The Disaster Artist is a empathetic slice of weirdness that stands on its own merits.

Last year's fest brought world premiere reviews of such notable films as The Disaster Artist,...

But as The Disaster Artist proves, it's not true.

But according to Sandy Schklair, who served as script supervisor on The Room, things didn't exactly go down as The Disaster Artist depicts.

Not exact matches

To its credit, The Disaster Artist does come across as a film trying to overcome that gray area by at least telling Tommy's story in a way that doesn't look down on him.

Even after The Disaster Artist gave his own story and his cult - classic indie film The Room — largely regarded as the worst movie ever made — new prominence, little is known about where he comes from or who he truly is.

Country doctor in a beautiful artist community town in the Blue Ridge, serving the poor, working as the medical examiner, doing house calls for the elderly and disabled, chasing hurricanes in a disaster team.

James Franco — as we've never seen him before — steals the show playing Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist, based on a true story.

When Wiseau and Sestero clash — the baby - faced actor becomes the de facto voice of reason on the film's chaotic set, thanks to every disastrous decision Wiseau makes — The Disaster Artist reveals itself as a nuanced portrait of the jealousies that arise when the creative process goes haywire.

The Disaster Artist deserves to stand alongside Tim Burton's Ed Wood as an appreciation of someone whose creative enthusiasm somehow managed to shine through their total lack of talent.

Franco not only directs, but also stars in «The Disaster Artist» as Tommy Wiseau, the mysterious mastermind behind «The Room».

Fortunately for most audiences — although perhaps unfortunately for midnight - movie sadomasochists — The Disaster Artist leans heavily toward the latter, its sublime storytelling and central performances courtesy of Franco (as Wiseau) and his brother, Dave (as Sestero), twisting and then elevating The Room's ultimate legacy into something approaching high art.

James Franco stars as mysterious mastermind (of sorts) Tommy Wiseau in «The Disaster Artist,» a sunny comedy about a misbegotten fruit of moviemaking, «The Room.»

One would think that James F. as Tommy Wiseau is The Disaster Artist's titled protagonist, but the story is actually told through the eyes of Greg «Babyface» Sestero, played by James» brother, Dave F. Fans will know Greg as The Room's, Mark («Oh, hi Mark»), and it's his book that acts as the film's real source material.

The giggles - and - grins vibe of The Disaster Artist reinforces the perception he's merely dabbling in movies as a lark.

As «The Disaster Artist» progresses, you notice the separation in his performance: Franco allows himself to play into the jokes when Tommy is off - camera, and he rejects all of his comedic instincts when filming scenes from «The Room.»

As «Disaster Artist» proceeds, Wiseau's lifelong desire to direct a feature film is granted.

Oddly, the film of The Disaster Artist does not care to know all that much about Wiseau — the titular Artist as a person, but rather utilizes him more as an idea.

That James Franco is able to deliver the story of its creation with as much heart and humor as «The Disaster Artist» contains is a true testament to the transformative power of art.

With The Disaster Artist, James Franco transforms the tragicomic true - story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau — an artist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable — into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountableArtist, James Franco transforms the tragicomic true - story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau — an artist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable — into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountableartist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable — into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds.

Nonetheless, The Disaster Artist remains a loving tribute to Wiseau's creation, because sneakily hidden in the perfectionism of its recreations is the earnest belief that sometimes bad movies can leave as lasting an impression as the good ones, if not more so.

Actor / director James Franco has created as unique a character in The Disaster Artist as Johnny Depp did with his Jack Sparrow creation in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

As Tommy, he is the strange, unknowable presence at the center of both «The Disaster Artist» and «The Room,» and audiences need to believe this is a real person rather than a caricature.

«The Disaster Artist» premiered as a work - in - progress cut at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival.

As an uberfan of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer of The Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himselAs an uberfan of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer of The Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himselas told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himselas well as portraying Wiseau himselas portraying Wiseau himself.

The story of what went on behind the scenes was as interesting as what ended up on the screen — if not more so — as the world learned when Greg Sestero, a star of the film and compatriot of Wiseau, pulled back the curtain in his 2013 book The Disaster Artist, in which he chronicled his life as a friend to Wiseau and the ridiculously lengthy and taxing production of The Room, while also trying to shed some light on the legend of Tommy Wiseau.

The disgraced Disaster Artist director has been dating the Penn State grad as far back as early November, according to InStyle.

It's been an eventful past few months for Wiseau, the star, director and sole financier of the infamous 2003 big screen disaster The Room, which found an amazing new life as the focus of star and director James Franco's The Disasterdisaster The Room, which found an amazing new life as the focus of star and director James Franco's The DisasterDisaster Artist.

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He got rave reviews for his dual performance (and directing duties) on the HBO drama The Deuce and is set to wow audiences with The Disaster Artist, which opens in U.S. cinemas this weekend as well as on selected UK screens (it opens wide here next week).

«The Square» is a wry and decidedly dark Swedish comedy about an art museum curator (Claes Bang) who is variously forced to contend with a stolen wallet and phone; with trust issues, particularly as they pertain to a one - night stand with a reporter (Elisabeth Moss); with a viral - advertising disaster; and with a formal dinner disrupted by a performance artist (motion - capture coach Terry Notary) who seems to have reverted to a primal state.

Naturally, fans would be able to easily tell the difference between a film from a studio production and that of a low - budget film, but as you find out watching The Disaster Artist, Wiseau's The Room was hardly a micro-budgeted project.

Wiseau makes an appearance in this movie, The Disaster Artist as the character Henry.

James Franco brought the autobiographical work to the screen in last year's «The Disaster Artist,» which earned Franco a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Wiseau.

But tonight, he finally got his chance, invited to join James Franco, who plays him in The Disaster Artist, as he collected his award for Best Actor in a musical or comedy.

Theater co-founder Kareem Tabsch screened the film to coincide with the release of «The Disaster Artist,» which follows the making of «The Room» and stars Franco as the long - haired, muscled Wiseau.

One of our favourite movies of the latter part of this year in the upcoming The Disaster Artist, James Franco's feature that looks into the making of the cult film The Room, one that is heralded as being the Citizen Kane of bad movies.

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Sure, he falls short, as scenes recreated in «The Disaster Artist» and actual footage from «The Room» that are shown at the end of the movie, attest.

The Disaster Artist is positioned as a major Oscar contender, so during the rest of awards season, Franco will likely have to address these claims publically.

«The Disaster Artist»: Who knew a movie as bad as «The Room» could be the basis for something this entertaining?

Then, he looks at the new trailers for The Disaster Artist and Fifty Shades Freed before launching into reviews of the original Daddy's Home, its sequel Daddy's Home 2 as well as Murder on the Orient Express and Wonderstruck.