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Picnic

1955 · 114 min

A slow-burning, emotionally charged slice of small-town life where repressed desires and social tensions simmer beneath a holiday surface.

Tagline
Unsurpassed! Unforgettable!
Overview
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • class
  • family
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
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
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Joshua Logan
Written by
Daniel Taradash
Starring
William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Verna Felton
Music
George Duning
Cinematography
James Wong Howe
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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