
Hardball(2001)
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.

James Franco
Dallas Hardin

Lio Tipton

Robin Lord Taylor
Lipscomb

Beth Grant
Mrs. Winer

Ashton Kutcher
Nathon Winer Sr.

Josh Hartnett

Giancarlo Esposito

Josh Hutcherson
Nathan Winer

Austin Stowell

Garret Dillahunt
Bellwether
The Long Home is a drama film. Directed by James Franco, it stars James Franco, Lio Tipton, Robin Lord Taylor. A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.
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