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Shadows is a 1958 American black-and-white drama film written, directed, and edited by John Cassavetes. The cast includes Lelia Goldoni, David Jones, Bobby Darin, and Rupert Crosse. Seymour Cassel served as producer, while Charles Mingus composed the music. The narrative is set in New York City.
The film was shot on 16 mm film and has a runtime of 87 minutes. It is distributed by Netflix and Lion International, with availability on HBO Max, Amazon Channel, and Criterion Channel. The movie is part of the National Film Registry. Its production cost was $40,000.
Shadows is described as an art film with elements of music and romance. Keywords associated with the work include jazz and passing for white. It has received review scores of 7.8 out of 10, 100 percent, and a rating of 7.2. The film is presented in the Academy ratio.
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6.9The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
Cast
- Ben Carruthers as Ben
- Lelia Goldoni as Lelia
- Hugh Hurd as Hugh
- Anthony Ray as Tony
- Dennis Sallas as Dennis
- Tom Reese as Tom
Themes
- jazz
- passing for white
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Screenwriter
- John Cassavetes
- Cast member
- Ben Carruthers
- Composer
- Charles Mingus
- Producer
- Seymour Cassel
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 867528
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- John Cassavetes' Shadows - Now at Embassy Theater Broadway.jpg
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- publication date
- 1962-03-09
- film editor
- John Cassavetes
- title
- Shadows
- color
- black-and-white
- capital cost
- 40000
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 16 mm film
- review score
- 100%
- Commons category
- Shadows (1959 film)
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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