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• Drama

• 1984
• Wim Wenders
• 138 mins
• 12A

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Drama starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski. A man who has been missing for four years after separating from his wife and son reappears in the Texan desert in a state of collapse. With the help of his younger brother he attempts to rebuild the family life he left behind.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

Character actor Harry Dean Stanton enjoys a rare leading role in German director Wim Wenders's emotionally charged road movie, based on a story by Sam Shepard. The odyssey begins as restless drifter Travis Anderson (Stanton) walks out of the desert after a four-year absence and is reunited with his small son (Hunter Carson), who's being cared for by Travis's brother (Dean Stockwell). Travis then sets out to reclaim his family life by seeking out his estranged wife and the boy's mother (Nastassja Kinski), now a peep-show stripper. Ry Cooder's haunting guitar score gives the film an immediacy that makes it seems as though it's being ad-libbed - a heart-rending confrontation between Stanton and Kinski does, indeed, sound as though it's being made up on the spot - while Wenders brings a refreshing outsider's eye to bear on this metaphor about rootless America.

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8.1/10

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rolenameTravis AndersonHarry Dean StantonJaneNastassja KinskiWalter R AndersonDean StockwellAnne AndersonAurore ClémentHunter AndersonHunter CarsonDr UlmerBernhard WickiWoman on TVViva AuderCarmelitaSocorro ValdezScreaming manTom FarrellSlaterJohn LurieStretchJeni ViciNurse BibsSally NorvellGas Station AttendantSam BerryCar Rental ClerkClaresie Mobley

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Released on

1984-08-23

Languages

English | Spanish

Guidance

Swearing

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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