The End of the Tour (2014 film)

The End of the Tour is a 2015 American drama film about writer David Foster Wallace. The film stars Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg, was written by Donald Margulies, and was directed by James Ponsoldt. Based on David Lipskys bestselling memoir Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, the film was released on July 31, 2015, by A24 Films.

Writer David Lipsky Jesse Eisenberg is dismayed to hear about the suicide of novelist David Foster Wallace Jason Segel in 2008. He had interviewed the author over a period of days twelve years earlier, following the publication of Wallaces novel Infinite Jest, which received critical praise and became an international bestseller, a touchstone for numerous readers. He listens to the recordings he made during their time together.The film returns to the period shortly after the books release. Although initially skeptical of the high praise Wallaces book is receiving, Lipsky a writer having only marginal success is awestruck after reading it. He persuades his editor at Rolling Stone magazine to give him an assignment to interview Wallace during his book tour. ........

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