True Story (film)

True Story
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rupert Goold
Written by	Rupert Goold David Kajganich
Based on	True Story by Michael Finkel
Produced by	Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner Anthony Katagas
Starring	Jonah Hill James Franco Felicity Jones
Cinematography	Masanobu Takayanagi
Edited by	Christopher Tellefsen Nicolas De Toth
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Production companies	Regency Enterprises Plan B Entertainment
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates	January 23, 2015 (2015-01-23) (Sundance) April 17, 2015 (2015-04-17) (United States)
Running time	99 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$5.3 million[2]

True Story is a 2015 American mystery thriller film that was directed by Rupert Goold in his directorial debut. It is based on a screenplay by Goold and David Kajganich. Based on the memoir of the same name by Michael Finkel, it stars Jonah Hill, James Franco and Felicity Jones, with Gretchen Mol, Betty Gilpin and John Sharian in supporting roles.

Franco plays Christian Longo, a man on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most-wanted list accused of murdering his wife and three children in Oregon. He hid in Mexico using the identity of Michael Finkel, a journalist played by Hill.^[3] The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically on April 17, 2015, in the United States. It explores the relationship that develops between the two men after journalist Finkel begins to meet with Longo in prison.