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Crossroads

1986 · 99 min

A warm, music-filled road movie that builds to a thrilling guitar duel, blending blues folklore with earnest charm.

Directed by
Walter Hill
Genres
Drama, Music
Tagline
Where second best never gets a second chance.
Overview
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

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Directed by
Walter Hill
Genres
Drama, Music
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • identity
  • friendship
  • fate
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, music
Directed by
Walter Hill
Written by
John Fusco
Starring
Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Robert Judd, Steve Vai, Tim Russ, Dennis Lipscomb
Music
Ry Cooder
Cinematography
John Bailey
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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