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Crossroads
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Crossroads is a 1986 American buddy, musical, drama, and mystery film directed and written by Walter Hill. The cast includes Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, and Joe Morton. The narrative is set in New York and follows a wannabe blues guitar virtuoso who seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson. The film is in English and has a runtime of 99 minutes.
Ry Cooder serves as the composer and performer, with John Bailey as the director of photography. The movie was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, with later distribution via Netflix in video on demand format. It was released on March 14, 1986, and October 22, 1987. The film generated revenue of 5738952.
Critical reception includes a review score of 5.9 out of 10 and 76 percent, alongside an IMDb rating of 7.1 and a TMDb vote average of 7.338. Keywords associated with the work include harmonica, blues, and a deal with the devil. The tagline for the film is "Where second best never gets a second chance."
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Film · TMDB
7.3A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
Cast
- Ralph Macchio as Eugene Martone
- Joe Seneca as Willie Brown
- Jami Gertz as Frances
- Joe Morton as Scratch's Assistant
- Robert Judd as Scratch
- Steve Vai as Jack Butler
Themes
- harmonica
- blues
- deal with the devil
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Walter Hill
- Screenwriter
- Walter Hill
- Cast member
- Allan Arbus
- Composer
- Ry Cooder
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John Bailey
- Narrative location
- New York
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 197191
- Performer
- Ry Cooder
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-10-22
- title
- Crossroads
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 76%
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