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Mood:
- AtmosphericGloomySincereTouching
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Plot:
- Actor's LifeAmbitionArtists and ShowbizHopesLifestyleMind and SoulIntrospectionFriendship more...
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Genres:
- DramaIndependentPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century70s
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Place:
- HollywoodLos AngelesUSA
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Sal, 2011
USA
Profile of Sal
Sal can be described as atmospheric, gloomy, and sincere. The plot revolves around the life of an actor, ambition, and hopes. The main genres are drama, independent, and period. In approach, Sal is serious and realistic. It is located in Hollywood. It takes place in the 20th century. Sal is drawn from a biography and originally a true story.
Summary of Sal
James Franco’s Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, onetime teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus. Although inspired by actual events, the film is not a traditional biopic; rather, it takes the viewer on an intimate journey through the very last day of Mineo’s life. On February 12, 1976, Sal Mineo was no longer the marquee sensation he had once been, but he was finally, after years of heartbreaking setbacks, finding his way to becoming the actor and director he had for so long aspired to be. He was set to direct his first feature film, and was only days away from opening in a play that had already won him rave reviews in San Francisco. Sal Mineo’s life was finally coming together, only to be viciously cut short by a lone attacker and a senseless crime. In Sal, the audience is drawn into Mineo’s world and allowed to experience his final hours, both his highs and lows, the exciting and the somewhat mundane, that ultimately led to a shocking and horrifying conclusion
Details
| Country: | USA |
| Runtime: | 103 min |
Cast and Crew
as Milton Katselas
as Keir Dullea
as Det. Tankersley
as Sal Mineo
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