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RUNTIME
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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Listen to the City
1984 1h 18m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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Hupar wakes up from a 20-year coma. Disoriented, he soon meets Arete, a young poet and Sophis, a TV newswoman. Together, the three team up to expose corporate crime in a crumbling city scape of the very near future.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Jim Carroll
Hupar
P. J. Soles
Sophia
Michael Glassbourg
Goodman
Sandy Horne
Arete
Barry Callaghan
Father
Réal Andrews
Green
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ron Mann
- Writers
- Bill Schroeder
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ron Mann directs. Rene Ohashi behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Ron Mann, shot by Rene Ohashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Jim Carroll and P. J. Soles and Michael Glassbourg carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0087628 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Rene Ohashi
- Runtime
- 78 min · 1h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Ron Mann
Key crew
- MusicGordon Deppe
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1984-09-13
