The Sunset Limited

E309675
novella play television film

The Sunset Limited is a philosophical play and novella by Cormac McCarthy that presents an intense dialogue between two men debating faith, suffering, and the value of life.

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Label Occurrences
The Sunset Limited canonical 3
The Sunset Limited (2011 film) 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novella ⓘ
play ⓘ
television film ⓘ
author Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
basedOn The Sunset Limited self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dialogueBetween a Christian ex-convict ⓘ
a suicidal professor ⓘ
director Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ
form dialogue ⓘ
genre philosophical drama ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Sunset Limited self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Sunset Limited (2011 film)
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Black ⓘ
White ⓘ
medium prose novella ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
network HBO ⓘ
numberOfCharacters 2 ⓘ
publisher Vintage Books ⓘ
screenwriter Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
setting New York City apartment ⓘ
starring Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ
Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ
structure one-act play ⓘ
theme atheism ⓘ
despair ⓘ
faith ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
religion ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
the value of life ⓘ

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Cormac McCarthy → notableWork → The Sunset Limited ⓘ
Gonzalo García Barcha → notableWork → The Sunset Limited ⓘ
The Sunset Limited → hasAdaptation → The Sunset Limited self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sunset Limited (2011 film)
The Sunset Limited → basedOn → The Sunset Limited self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Sunset Limited (2011 film)