Paris, Texas

About Paris, Texas

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.

Wim Wenders's Paris, Texas is a 1984 drama film. The film is filed under texas, desert, amnesia, and redemption.

Harry Dean Stanton appears as Travis, Nastassja Kinski as Jane, Dean Stockwell as Walt, and Hunter Carson as Hunter. Released in July 1984, it runs 145 minutes.

The screenplay is by Sam Shepard. It comes from Argos films, Channel Four Films, and Pro-ject Filmproduktion. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

No Country for Old Men, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and American History X make useful companions to Paris, Texas, all filed under modern-day western and neo-western. TMDB voters put it at 8.1 out of 10 across 2,362 votes and it carries a R rating.