1988 · 127 min · R

Everybody's All-American

Name: Everybody's All-American
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1988
Duration: 127 min
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Carl Lumbly

Directed by Taylor Hackford · Drama, Romance

Everybody's All-American (1988) is a Drama film, directed by Taylor Hackford set in Baton Rouge during the 1950s. It runs 127 minutes and is rated R.

A sports drama, with a melancholic and nostalgic tone. Themes of memory & nostalgia and mortality & aging play out through episodic chapters.

Composer

James Newton Howard

Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt

Cast

Dennis QuaidJessica LangeTimothy HuttonJohn GoodmanCarl LumblyRay BakerSavannah Smith BoucherPatricia Clarkson

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Baton Rouge

Setting

Urban

When

1950s

Premise & themes

Premise

Sports Drama

Themes

Memory & Nostalgia Mortality & Aging

Structure

Episodic Chapters

Tone

MelancholicNostalgic

Shape

Protagonist

Two Hander

Pacing

Measured

Based on

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Everybody's All-American

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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