Movie
Skag
1980 · 138 min
A slow, sobering plunge into a family's unraveling, anchored by a proud man's struggle to reclaim himself after catastrophe.
- Directed by
- Frank Perry
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Karl Malden, Piper Laurie, Craig Wasson
- Tagline
- One Day He Looked at Death. And Learned About Life.
- Overview
- Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, identity, isolation, healing
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Frank Perry
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Karl Malden, Piper Laurie, Craig Wasson
