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Paris, Texas

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson View All

Crew

Wim Wenders (Director), Sam Shepard (Writer), L.M. Kit Carson (Writer) View All

Release: May 19th, 1984

Runtime: 2 hours, 27 minutes

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

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4 I didn't understand the ending to Paris, Texas.

SPOILER I really enjoyed the movie but didn't understand the ending. When Travis reunited his son with the mother, why did Travis drive away at the end? His son developed a big connection with hi...

8 Paris Texas review and why It had a huge effect on me

The 1984 Wim Wenders movie Paris Texas is a film I have never forgotten. although few words are said in the film The emotions of the characters are deeply felt as Travis tries to reconnect with his so...

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Diehl40
There are a pair of scenes in this movie that Roger Ebert has singled out as among the best monologues in film history (I have shared a link to a portion of one of those scenes above.) I have rated this film as a five for the following reasons: The script is fantastic, the acting is good, the direct....

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Gideon58
Travis is found wandering a Texas desert and passes out in a diner, where he is taken to a local clinic, where his ID leads the doctor to contact Travis' brother, Walt (Dean Stockwell), who flies across the country to retrieve his brother so that he can possibly rebuild a relationship with his son, ....

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