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Small Town Saturday Night

2010 · 94 min

A quiet, unhurried slice of small-town life where ordinary people's choices and regrets quietly collide.

Directed by
Ryan Craig
Genres
Drama
Starring
Chris Pine, John Hawkes, Shawn Christian
Overview
Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre Blair) realizes that "his" future may not be "their" future. This news comes as a shock to Rhett, and he is faced with having to choose between following his dream and staying in his hometown in order to be with the woman he loves.

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Directed by
Ryan Craig
Genres
Drama
Starring
Chris Pine, John Hawkes, Shawn Christian
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • ambition
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ryan Craig
Written by
Ryan Craig
Starring
Chris Pine, John Hawkes, Shawn Christian, Robert Pine, Adam Hendershott, Bre Blair, Lin Shaye, Octavia Spencer
Music
Stephen Bertrand
Cinematography
Matt Kovalakides
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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