Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.
- nihilism
- faith
- optimism
- matter of life and death
- based on play or musical
- loneliness
- debate
- self-doubt
- confined
- nihilist
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Directed
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Written
- Cormac McCarthy
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 521 ratings
- Studio
- HBO Films, The Javelina Film Company
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
