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The Point

1978Movie48 min

Documentary
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1

Summary

This documentary is a portrait of Point St. Charles, one of Montreal’s notoriously bleak neighbourhoods. Many of the residents are English-speaking and of Irish origin; many of them are also on welfare.

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Melancholy Musical Numberin 65 titles"Think About Your Troubles", which begins to play as Oblio is leaving for the Pointless Forest, with his parents tearfully waving goodbye to him.Re-Release Soundtrackin 157 titlesNon-musical example — due to Dustin Hoffman's contract stipulating that his narration could only be used for one airing, his voice had to be redubbed for subsequent airings.All 37 tropes

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