Paris, Texas
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8.1A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Released: 1984-07-16145 minDir: Wim WendersDrama
Cast
- Harry Dean Stanton as Travis
- Nastassja Kinski as Jane
- Dean Stockwell as Walt
- Hunter Carson as Hunter
- Aurore Clément as Anne
- Bernhard Wicki as Doctor Ulmer
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Wim Wenders
- Written by
- Sam Shepard
- Adaptation by
- L. M. Kit Carson
- Produced by
- Don Guest
- Starring
- Harry Dean Stanton Nastassja Kinski Dean Stockwell Aurore Clément Hunter Carson
- Cinematography
- Robby Müller
- Edited by
- Peter Przygodda
- Music by
- Ry Cooder
- Production companies
- Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH Argos Films S.A.
- Distributed by
- Argos Films (France) Tobis Film (West Germany)
- Release dates
- 19 May 1984 ( 1984-05-19 ) ( Cannes ) 19 September 1984 ( 1984-09-19 ) (France) 11 January 1985 ( 1985-01-11 ) (West Germany)
- Running time
- 147 minutes
Key dates
- Published
- 2 November 1984
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Paris
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Screenwriter
- L. M. Kit Carson
- Cast member
- Viva
- Composer
- Ry Cooder
Article
Paris, Texas is a 1984 drama road film directed by Wim Wenders, co-written by Sam Shepard and L. M. Kit Carson, and produced by Don Guest. A co-production of West Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, it stars Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, and Hunter Carson. In the film, Travis Henderson (Stanton) reunites with his brother Walt (Stockwell) and son Hunter (Carson) after an unexplained four-year absence. Travis and Hunter embark on a road trip through the American Southwest to track down Hunter’s mother, Jane (Kinski).
At the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Palme d'Or from the official jury, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It went on to receive other honors and widespread critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, acting, cinematography, emotional resonance, and musical score. It has become a cult classic and is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. It has been called an exemplar of both independent cinema and the road film. In the decennial critics' poll published by the British Film Institute's magazine Sight and Sound in 2022, Paris, Texas placed 185th.