{{short description|Unreleased independent drama film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Long Home | image = | alt = | caption = | director = James Franco | producer = {{Plainlist| * James Franco * Vince Jolivett * Jay Davis }} | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Vince Jolivett * Steve Janas }} | based_on = {{based on|''The Long Home''|William Gay}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * James Franco * Josh Hutcherson * Tim Blake Nelson * Courtney Love * Robin Lord Taylor * Timothy Hutton * Giancarlo Esposito * Ashton Kutcher * Josh Hartnett * Zoe Levin }} | music = Aaron Embry | cinematography = Bruce Thierry Cheung | editing = Leo Scott | studio = Rabbit Bandini Productions<ref name=timblakenelson/> | distributor = | released = | runtime = 96 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''The Long Home''''' is an American unreleased indie drama film directed by and starring James Franco, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by William Gay. It also stars Josh Hutcherson, Tim Blake Nelson, Courtney Love, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hartnett, Zoe Levin, Lio Tipton, Scott Haze, and Robin Lord Taylor.<ref name=timblakenelson/> Principal photography began on May 1, 2015.<ref name=daytondailynews /> The film was completed, but no official release has ever been announced.
==Plot== Dallas Hardin, a corrupt businessman and bootlegger who dominates his small Tennessee town, murders honest workingman Nathan Winer in 1932. In the 1950s, Nathan Winer Jr., the dead man's son, is unaware of Hardin's role in his father's death and works as a carpenter for Hardin. Nathan Jr. is in love with Amber Rose, a young local girl whom Hardin employs as an escort. Elderly local recluse William Tell Oliver has evidence to prove Hardin is a murderer. Eerie events hint at a supernatural justice working its way out.<ref>{{cite news|title= The Long Home|work=Publishers Weekly|date=November 1999|accessdate=October 12, 2019|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-878448-91-0}}</ref>
==Cast== *Josh Hutcherson as Nathan Winer Jr. *Zoe Levin as Amber Rose *Tim Blake Nelson as Hovington *James Franco as Dallas Hardin *Courtney Love as Pearl *Timothy Hutton *Giancarlo Esposito as William Tell Oliver *Ashton Kutcher as Nathan Winer Sr. *Robin Lord Taylor as Lipscomb *Josh Hartnett *Lio Tipton *Scott Haze as Weimer *Gabrielle Haugh as Grace Blalock *Leila George as Edna Hodges *Austin Stowell *Garret Dillahunt as Bellwether *Beth Grant as Mrs. Winer
==Production== ===Pre-production=== James Franco would direct, produce (through Rabbit Bandini Productions), and star in the film adaption of the William Gay novel of the same name.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=April 7, 2015 |title=James Franco to direct and produce Tennessee drama The Long Home |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/06/james-franco-direct-and-produce-tennessee-drama-long-home |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref> Robert Halmi Jr. and Jim Reeve would be executive producers.<ref name=threxecproducers/>
''The Long Home'' was offered up to $288,355 in Ohio film tax credits.<ref name=daytondailynews/>
===Casting=== Franco posted on Instagram a list of ''The Long Home'' cast which included Josh Hutcherson, Timothy Hutton, Keegan Allen, Ashley Greene, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, and Scott Haze.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Park |first=Andrea |date=April 16, 2015 |title=James Franco Shows Off His Impressive Abs – with a Side of Attitude (PHOTO) |url=http://www.people.com/article/james-franco-instagram-shirtless-picture |magazine=People |accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref>
Tim Blake Nelson collaborated with Franco for the seventh time as Hovington, a bootlegging patriarch.<ref name="timblakenelson">{{cite web |author=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=May 1, 2015 |title=Tim Blake Nelson Joins Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn' and James Franco's 'The Long Home' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tim-blake-nelson-joins-ang-792906 |accessdate=May 4, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Josh Hutcherson starred as Nathan Winer.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Robinson |first=Will |date=May 1, 2015 |title=Casting Net: Josh Hutcherson leads James Franco-directed The Long Home |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/01/casting-net-josh-hutcherson-james-franco-director-long-home |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref> Hutton<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Kroll |first=Justin |date=May 4, 2015 |title=Timothy Hutton Joins James Franco's 'The Long Home' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://www.variety.com/2015/film/news/timothy-hutton-the-long-home-cast-james-franco-1201487105/ |magazine=Variety |accessdate=May 5, 2015}}</ref> and Courtney Love<ref>{{cite web |author=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=May 4, 2015 |title=Courtney Love Joins James Franco's 'The Long Home' |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/courtney-love-long-home-casting-james-franco-1201420611/ |access-date=May 5, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> were cast. Giancarlo Esposito played William Tell Oliver, "a Southern salt-of-the-earth man with a colorful, checkered life spent entirely within the confines of the country".<ref>{{cite web |author=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=May 4, 2015 |title='Breaking Bad' Alum Giancarlo Esposito Joins James Franco's 'The Long Home' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/breaking-bad-alum-giancarlo-esposito-793258 |accessdate=May 5, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Several other actors signed on to the cast: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hartnett, Zoe Levin (as Amber Rose), Lio Tipton, Haze, and Robin Lord Taylor.<ref name="threxecproducers">{{cite web |author=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=May 5, 2015 |title=Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hartnett Join James Franco's 'The Long Home' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ashton-kutcher-josh-hartnett-join-793303 |accessdate=May 6, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
===Filming=== The film was shot in Eaton, Ohio, Hamilton, Ohio, and Cincinnati, Ohio.<ref name="cincinnatifilming">{{cite news |author=Motsinger |first=Carol |date=April 17, 2015 |title=Commission: Second Franco movie project coming to Cincy |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/life/2015/04/17/commission-announces-second-cincinnati-movie-project/25961579/ |accessdate=May 4, 2015 |newspaper=Cincinnati.com}}</ref>
Principal photography began on May 1, 2015<ref name="daytondailynews">{{cite web |author=Machi |first=Vivienne |date=May 5, 2015 |title=Movie with star-studded cast now filming in Hamilton |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/movie-with-star-studded-cast-now-filming-in-hamilt/nk9Jx/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809052313/http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/movie-with-star-studded-cast-now-filming-in-hamilt/nk9Jx/ |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |accessdate=May 6, 2015 |publisher=WDTN}}</ref> in Hamilton.<ref name=cincinnatifilming/> This coincided with filming of another Franco film, ''Goat'', which was shot "pretty much simultaneously".<ref>{{cite web |author=Machi |first=Vivienne |date=April 20, 2015 |title=Part of James Franco movie to be filmed in Hamilton |url=http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/part-of-james-franco-movie-to-be-filmed-in-hamilto/nkyXm/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095552/http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/part-of-james-franco-movie-to-be-filmed-in-hamilto/nkyXm/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |accessdate=May 4, 2015 |publisher=Hamilton Journal-News}}</ref> Filming began in Eaton on May 17.<ref name="eatonwdtnfilming">{{cite web |author=Drury |first=Jill |date=April 28, 2015 |title=James Franco scouts Eaton sites for new movie |url=http://www.wdtn.com/2015/04/28/james-franco-scouts-eaton-sites-for-new-movie/ |accessdate=May 4, 2015 |publisher=WDTN}}</ref> Production on the film wrapped on May 23, 2015, with filming lasting 23 days.
====Accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior==== In January 2018, an actress from the film accused Franco of inappropriate sexual behavior during filming.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=More claim sexual inappropriateness against James Franco |url=https://m.wlos.com/news/entertainment/more-claim-sexual-inappropriateness-against-james-franco |work=WLOS |date=11 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
==Release== ''The Long Home'' was tentatively expected to be released in 2017, and in November of that year, the sales rights to the movie were acquired by Great Point Media.<ref name="deadline">{{cite web |author=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=November 2, 2017 |title=James Franco's "The Long Home" & Great Point Media Ink Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/the-long-home-james-franco-great-point-media-the-bombing-photo-bruce-willis-fan-bingbing-1202200397 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105113431/http://deadline.com/2017/11/the-long-home-james-franco-great-point-media-the-bombing-photo-bruce-willis-fan-bingbing-1202200397/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2017 |accessdate=March 25, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> As of 2025, it has not been released.<ref>https://movieweb.com/james-franco-unreleased-movie-the-long-home-lio-tipton/</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Long Home}} Category:Films set in the 1940s Category:Films shot in Ohio Category:Films set in Tennessee Category:Films based on American novels Category:Films directed by James Franco Category:American drama films Category:Unreleased American films Category:English-language films Category:English-language drama films