As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying (2013)

From the classic novel by William Faulkner

Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

Date of release
2013-10-09
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (88)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
James Franco

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying is a 2013 American drama film directed and co-written by and starring James Franco, based on William Faulkner's 1930 novel of the same name. The film stars Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green, Ahna O'Reilly, Jim Parrack, Beth Grant, and Brady Permenter.

Production

James Franco decided to write a screenplay of the novel with fellow Yale graduate student Matt Rager. The novel As I Lay Dying was described as a story impossible to be transformed into a film due to the multi-narrative voices within it. Franco saw this as a challenge and chose to depict the many voices through choices of styling, through camera edits. Faulkner told the story in a chorus of voices: 15 narrators in the 59 chapters.

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