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SAN SEBASTIAN \u2014 Having placed second in Toronto\u2019s People\u2019s Choice Awards, James Franco scored his first big outright win as a director, his \u201cThe Disaster Artist\u201d scooping Saturday night the 65th San Sebasti\u00e1n Festival\u2019s Golden Shell, the top plaudit at the highest-profile film event in the Spanish-speaking world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a family affair, my brother, my sister, my old friend Seth Rogen,\u201d Franco said, accepting the award on stage at San Sebasti\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
He added, thanking Warner Bros,: \u201cIt\u2019s a very simple film about a crazy man but he had big dreams and it\u2019s better than not having dreams. I hope that in these crazy times this brings a little light and inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Described by Variety as \u201cthe comedy sensation of SXSW,\u201d James Franco\u2019s uproarious \u201cmaking-of\u201d satire of 2003\u2019s \u201cThe Room,\u201d Tommy Wiseau\u2019s best worst movie of this century, \u201cThe Disaster Artist\u201d had already won the Spanish critics\u2019 Feroz Zinemaldia Prize, and was one of the two best-ranked titles on a reviewers\u2019 poll run by El Diario Vasco, a local newspaper.<\/p>\n