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The Annihilation of Fish

1999 · 102 min

A gentle, offbeat romance that finds tenderness in loneliness and quiet eccentricity, with a warm, bittersweet tone.

Directed by
Charles Burnett
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder
Tagline
A Crazy Love Story.
Overview
A Jamaican widower recently released from a mental institution and a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini become the unlikely tenants of an eccentric widow in Los Angeles.

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Directed by
Charles Burnett
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 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
  • loneliness
  • love
  • aging
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Charles Burnett
Written by
Anthony C. Winkler
Starring
James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder, Sarah Benoit, Andy Garza, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Ronald F. Hoiseck, Shannon Wilcox
Music
Laura Karpman
Cinematography
Rick Robinson, John L. Demps Jr.
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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