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Hot Tomorrows

1977 · 73 min

A meandering, offbeat drift through Hollywood's night, mixing deadpan comedy with a quiet, morbid melancholy.

Directed by
Martin Brest
Genres
Drama, Music, Comedy
Starring
Ken Lerner, Ray Sharkey, Hervé Villechaize
Overview
A portrait of Michael, a man 'intrigued' by death and drawn to it. Late one Christmas Eve, Michael's closest buddy Louis joins him for an adventure in Hollywood.

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Directed by
Martin Brest
Genres
Drama, Music, Comedy
Starring
Ken Lerner, Ray Sharkey, Hervé Villechaize
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour5
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, music, comedy
Directed by
Martin Brest
Written by
Martin Brest
Starring
Ken Lerner, Ray Sharkey, Hervé Villechaize, Victor Argo, George Memmoli, Donne Daniels, Rose Marshall, Marina Anderson
Cinematography
Jacques Haitkin
Runtime
73 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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