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The Adderall Diaries is a 2015 American crime drama film written and directed by Pamela Romanowsky, based on a "true-crime memoir" book of the same name by Stephen Elliott. The film stars James Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater. The Adderall Diaries had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 16, 2015.
- $15,364
- Pamela Romanowsky
- The Adderall Diaries, by Stephen Elliott
- Michael Andrews
Mar 10, 2016 · The Adderall Diaries: Directed by Pamela Romanowsky. With James Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard, Jim Parrack. Elliot, a troubled former successful writer decides to write about a missing wife and the following murder trial of her husband.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Pamela Romanowsky
- 2016-03-10
Apr 15, 2016 · Stylistically overwrought and tedious, The Adderal Diaries aspires for profundity but instead feels like a shambolic class project thrown together right before it was due. Suffering from writer's ...
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- Pamela Romanowsky
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- James Franco
Apr 15, 2016 · “The Adderall Diaries” begins with gibberish: “We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.” The quote is attributed to Stephen Elliott, the central character of this story and a real-life author, screenwriter and director ("About Cherry").
Synopsis. Stephen Elliott is a successful author with a troubling childhood. His mother died when he was a child and his father was physically and psychologically abusive. He has lived most of his life behaving very destructively and abusing drugs and committing petty vandalism. He had recently gotten a deal to write his next book and decided ...
James Franco plays Stephen Elliot, a once-successful novelist paralyzed by writer's block and an escalating Adderall dependency, who becomes obsessed with a high-profile murder case as a way to escape his personal troubles. His interest leads him to meet Lana Edmond (Amber Heard), a smart, sexy reporter who gives him unique access to the case.
