After journalist Michael Finkel is fired from The New York Times for embellishing a story, he learns that accused murderer Christian Longo has been claiming to be him. Hoping this story will save his career, Finkel begins interviewing Longo in prison. But soon, the men find themselves in an eerie game of cat and mouse in this psychological drama.
MPAA Rating: R; for language and some disturbing material.|||adult
Regency Enterprises presents ; a New Regency/Plan B production ; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Anthony Katagas ; screenplay by Rupert Goold and David Kajganich ; directed by Rupert Goold.
Based on the book by Michael Finkel.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Special features: The truth behind "True story" ; The making of "True story" ; Who is Christian Longo? ; Mike Finkel featurette ; Director's audio commentary ; gallery.
James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia, Ethan Suplee, Robert John Burke, Gretchen Mol, Byron Jennings.
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, surround Dolby Digital 2.0.
In English, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed French; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.
Costume designer, Catherine Marie Thomas ; music, Marco Beltrami ; editor, Christopher Tellefsen, Nicolas de Toth ; production designer, Jeremy Hindle ; director of photography, Masanobu Takayanagi.
