Paris, Texas

E231459
film road movie

Paris, Texas is a 1984 road movie directed by Wim Wenders, celebrated for its haunting portrayal of alienation and family estrangement in the American Southwest.

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Label Occurrences
Paris, Texas canonical 14
Paris, Texas (1984 film) 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
road movie ⓘ
awardReceived FIPRESCI Prize ⓘ
surface form: FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Palme d’Or ⓘ
surface form: Palme d'Or

Cannes Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ⓘ
surface form: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes Film Festival
basedOn story by Sam Shepard ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robby Müller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

West Germany ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
director Wim Wenders ⓘ
discussedFor haunting visual style ⓘ
long monologue in peep-show scene ⓘ
minimalist dialogue ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Peter Przygodda ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas

Texas ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy Ry Cooder ⓘ
narrativeFocus reunion of a drifter father with his young son ⓘ
partOf German New Cinema ⓘ
surface form: New German Cinema
portraysTheme alienation ⓘ
family estrangement ⓘ
identity ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
premieredAt Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
producedBy Chris Sievernich ⓘ
Margaret Ménégoz ⓘ
productionCompany Argos Films ⓘ
Road Movies Filmproduktion ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
runningTime 147 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter L. M. Kit Carson ⓘ
Sam Shepard ⓘ
setIn southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Texas ⓘ
starring Aurore Clément ⓘ
Dean Stockwell ⓘ
Harry Dean Stanton ⓘ
Hunter Carson ⓘ
Nastassja Kinski ⓘ
titleRefersTo Paris, Texas (city) ⓘ

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Sam Shepard → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Texas State Highway 78 → passesThrough → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Robby Müller → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Harry Dean Stanton → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Harry Dean Stanton → appearedIn → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Hunter Carson → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Hunter Carson → castMemberOf → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Samuel Shepard Rogers III → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ
L. M. Kit Carson (married 1975; divorced) → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: L. M. Kit Carson
L. M. Kit Carson (married 1975; divorced) → wrote → Paris, Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: L. M. Kit Carson
L. M. Kit Carson (married 1975; divorced) → actedIn → Paris, Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: L. M. Kit Carson
Wim Wenders → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Wim Wenders → directed → Paris, Texas ⓘ
Paris, Texas (film score) → basedOn → Paris, Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paris, Texas (1984 film)
Paris, Texas (film score) → originalReleaseContext → Paris, Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paris, Texas (1984 film)
Dean Stockwell → notableWork → Paris, Texas ⓘ