For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
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- Sexual violence
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Character
Prestige, classical in form, earnest and character-led.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Dustin HoffmanRatso
- Jon VoightJoe Buck
- Sylvia MilesCass
- John McGiverMr. O'Daniel
- Brenda VaccaroShirley
- Barnard HughesTowny
- Ruth WhiteSally Buck
- Jennifer SaltAnnie
- Gilman RankinWoodsy Niles
- Gary OwensLittle Joe
Crew
- John SchlesingerDirector
- Waldo SaltScreenplay
- James Leo HerlihyNovel
- Adam HolenderDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Hugh A. RobertsonEditor
- Jerome HellmanProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Our Mother's House 196782% alikeBoth earnest.
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Girl, Interrupted 199979% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
Taxi Driver 197679% alikeBoth earnest, character-led.
The Ice Storm 199779% alikeBoth prestige, classical in form, character-led.
Cool Hand Luke 196779% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon 196474% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
The Secret History 199278% alikeBook · Both earnest.
Mad Men 200773% alikeSeries · Both earnest.
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