True Stories (film)

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film musical comedy film satirical film

True Stories is a 1986 satirical musical comedy film directed by and starring Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, depicting eccentric small-town Texas life through quirky vignettes and original music.

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Label Occurrences
True Stories 3
True Stories (film) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical comedy film ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Edward Lachman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Texan culture ⓘ
eccentric small-town life ⓘ
director David Byrne ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Caroline Biggerstaff ⓘ
Karen Skloss ⓘ
featuresSong Dream Operator ⓘ
Love for Sale ⓘ
Puzzlin' Evidence ⓘ
Radiohead ⓘ
surface form: Radio Head

Wild Wild Life ⓘ
filmEditingStyle vignette structure ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAssociatedAlbum Sounds from True Stories ⓘ
True Stories (Talking Heads album) ⓘ
hasCastMember Alix Elias ⓘ
Annie McEnroe ⓘ
Jo Harvey Allen ⓘ
John Goodman ⓘ
John Ingle ⓘ
Matthew Posey ⓘ
Mona Lee Fultz ⓘ
Pops Staples ⓘ
Pops Staples ⓘ
surface form: Roebuck "Pops" Staples

Spalding Gray ⓘ
Swoosie Kurtz ⓘ
Tito Larriva ⓘ
hasOriginalScore David Byrne ⓘ
musicBy David Byrne ⓘ
Talking Heads ⓘ
narrativeForm vignettes ⓘ
notableFor collaboration between David Byrne and Talking Heads ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDateUS 1986-10-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 90 ⓘ
screenwriter Beth Henley ⓘ
David Byrne ⓘ
Stephen Tobolowsky ⓘ
settingLocation Texas ⓘ
settingType small town ⓘ
starring David Byrne ⓘ

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David Byrne → notableWork → True Stories (film) ⓘ
David Byrne → directed → True Stories (film) ⓘ
Talking Heads → notableWork → True Stories (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Stories
Spalding Gray → performedIn → True Stories (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Stories
Edward Lachman → notableWork → True Stories (film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Stories