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Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders, 1984

Film Description

Paris, Texas is probably Wim Wenders' most well known, critically acclaimed, and successful movie, winning a number of international prizes including the Cannes Palme d'Or for Best Film in 1984.

This unusual road movie, with screenplay by acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard, tells the tale of Travis, a man lost in his own private hell. Presumed dead for four years, he reappears from the desert on the Mexico border, world-weary and an amnesiac.

He traces his brother Walt who is bringing up Hunter, his seven-year-old son, his ex-wife Jane having abandoned him at Walt's door several years before. As virtual strangers, Hunter and Travis begin to build a wary friendship and conspire to find Jane and bring her back to be a real family.

With extraordinary performances from Harry Dean Stanton as Travis and Natassja Kinski as Jane, the film also boasts a soundtrack by Ry Cooder, ideally suited to the film's sun-bleached landscapes and melancholy undertones.

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By Graeme Hobbs on 2nd February 2004

One of the most beautifully shot films that you will see, with Wenders’ trademark use of primaries and green flooding or pointing up nearly every frame. How this use o... more >

 

By John Davies on 14th August 1999

Lost, speechless, wilderness-wandering Stanton searches for his wife and finds himself. THE cult road movie, Wenders' unanimous Cannes Palme d'Or winner fuses American... more >

 

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DVD Extras
  • Bonus footage
  • Trailers
  • Deleted scenes
  • Biographies
  • Filmographies
  • Commentary (Wim Wenders (director).)
  • Other documentaries ('Wim Wenders and Klaus Kinski in Cannes'.)
  • Image galleryEnhanced for WideScreen TV
  • Bonus footage
  • Trailers
  • Deleted scenes
  • Commentary (Wim Wenders (Director))
  • Other documentaries ('Home Movies'
  • 'Cannes Film Festival Footage')
  • Booklet
Film Details

Director

Wim Wenders

Year

1984

Country

USA

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski

Technical Details

Certificate

12

Length

139 mins

Label

Axiom

Format

DVD Colour

Region

2

Aspect

1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen

Cat No

AXM569

Main Language

English

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