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Everybody's All-American

1988 · 127 min

A slow, bittersweet look at faded glory and a marriage tested by time, asking you to sit with regret and tenderness.

Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton

Tagline: Their life story is a love story
Overview: Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.

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Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
grief
family
love
betrayal
Places: small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Written by: Thomas Rickman
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Carl Lumbly, Ray Baker, Savannah Smith Boucher, Patricia Clarkson
Music: James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt
Runtime: 127 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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