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Mr. Universe

1988 · 98 min

A gentle, meandering road-trip documentary that ambles through Americana in search of a faded celebrity, warm and quietly wistful.

Directed by: György Szomjas
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mickey Hargitay, Stefan Amházi, André Balog

Overview: Two Hungarian documentary makers, having heard nothing about their countryman Mickey Hargitay for almost 15 years, embark on a quest for the former body-builder/B-movie star. They cross America and find Mickey, living quietly in Southern California, running his businesses and raising his children, who have names like Mariska (ring a bell?) and Zoltan, speak Hungarian, and look like Jane Mansfield (of course).

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Directed by: György Szomjas
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mickey Hargitay, Stefan Amházi, André Balog

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
family
immigration
celebrity
Places: road trip
big city
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: György Szomjas
Starring: Mickey Hargitay, Stefan Amházi, André Balog, Dezsõ Balázs, Attila Benke, János Benke, István Brill, Simon Bányai
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English, Hungarian

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