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Paris, Texas (1984)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:21

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Average Rating:8.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered... Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life. Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja Kinski and Dean Stockwell. [More]

Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement

Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement, Hunter Carson, John Lurie

Director: Wim Wenders

Director: Wim Wenders
Screenwriter: Sam Shepard, L.M. Kit Carson
Composer: Ry Cooder

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Deservedly winning Cannes Fest top award, Wim Wenders' brilliant film is a personal meditation on the relative power of images and words, as well as a contribution to the modern Western and journey pictures as uniguely American genres.

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Emanuel Levy
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Holly Willis
Holly Willis
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the evolution of a dream

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Jason Morgan
Jason Morgan
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Compelling contemporary Western.

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12/30/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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Cole Smithey
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07/28/04
Jurgen Fauth
Jurgen Fauth
About.com
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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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05/22/04
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

Paris, Texas uses the familiar thematic construct of the Western, and is conducted in somber nostalgia.

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04/06/04
Rumsey Taylor
Rumsey Taylor
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07/30/03
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A quirky movie about the surprise of selfless love.

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07/23/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
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Wenders' slow, moody style isn't for everyone, but this is the epitome of it

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