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Goin' South

1978 · 109 min

A scruffy, amiable frontier comedy that ambles along on oddball charm and a slow-burning battle-of-the-sexes romance.

Tagline
In 1868 Longhorn Texas, a convicted outlaw had two choices: get hung, or get married.
Overview
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • greed
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism5
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, western, romance
Directed by
Jack Nicholson
Written by
Al Ramrus, Alan Mandell, Charles Shyer, John Herman Shaner
Starring
Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Bradford, Jeff Morris, Danny DeVito
Music
Perry Botkin Jr., Van Dyke Parks
Cinematography
Néstor Almendros
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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