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Summary
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 92Audiences 89GoodWatch 89
Tomatometer92%
Audience score97%
Letterboxd · 24 K ratings4.4/5
IMDb8.2
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for documentaries, −5 min on the typical 96
typical 9691Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1984
December 7, 1984
42 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Academy Awards1985
- Documentary (Feature)1985Nominated
- Documentary Feature Film1985Nominated
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Martin Bell Director, Cinematography
Writing · 1
- Cheryl McCall Story, Producer
Production · 3
- Willie Nelson Executive Producer
- Connie Nelson Executive Producer
- Angelika Saleh Executive Producer
Camera · 3
- Eve Pellegrino Assistant Camera
- John Gabriele Key Grip
- Douglas Pellegrino Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Jonathan Oppenheim Editor, Sound Editor
- Nancy Baker Editor
Sound · 6
- Tom Waits Music
- Murphy Birdsall Sound Editor
- Pola Rapaport Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Keith Desmond Sound Engineer
- Janet Swanson Sound Editor
- Dick Vorisek Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 1
- Barbara Kurgan Title Designer
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GoodWatch score 64Film 4
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GoodWatch score 63Film 5
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