Film

Paris, Texas

1984 · 2h 25m · Drama

A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

IMDb

8.1

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Metacritic

81

A 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.

Harry Dean Stanton

Travis

Nastassja Kinski

Jane

Dean Stockwell

Walt

Hunter Carson

Hunter

Aurore Clément

Anne

Bernhard Wicki

Doctor Ulmer

Sam Berry

Gas Station Attendant

Claresie Mobley

Car Rental Clerk

Viva

Woman on TV

Socorro Valdez

Carmelita

Edward Fayton

Hunter's Friend

Justin Hogg

Hunter (Age 3)

Tom Farrell

Screaming Man

John Lurie

'Slater'

Jeni Vici

'Stretch'

Sally Norvell

'Nurse Bibs'

• Wim WendersDirector · Producer
• Sam ShepardWriter
• L.M. Kit CarsonWriter
• Don GuestProducer
• Anatole DaumanProducer
• Chris SievernichExecutive Producer
• Robby MüllerDirector of Photography
• Ry CooderOriginal Music Composer
• Peter PrzygoddaEditor

Official 4K Restoration TrailerOfficial UK Rerelease TrailerTrailerReturning to Cinemas 29 July

Release date

July 16, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

R

Budget

$1,750,000

Revenue

$2,181,987

Genres

Drama

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