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This Property Is Condemned

1966 · 110 min

A wistful, slow-burning Southern drama that wraps you in a bittersweet romance and a sense of entrapment, lingering like a half-remembered story.

Tagline
Call her what you want. Do with her what you will. But remember...
Overview
Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • love
  • class
  • family
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Written by
Fred Coe, Francis Ford Coppola, Edith R. Sommer
Starring
Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Mary Badham, Alan Baxter, Robert Blake, Dabney Coleman
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
110 min
Country
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Languages
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