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Starlight Hotel
64%
Movie
1h 33m
AI Analysis
Starlight Hotel (1987) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Starlight Hotel (1987) — a movie tagged as Drama with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South Island. When her mother dies and her father is offered a job in Wellington on North Island, Kate is sent to live with an aunt. The girl runs away to find her father, hopping onto a boxcar and befriending a fellow fu… Our models also surface themes such as family and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~93 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Starlight Hotel 64% (8 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
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from 8 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South Island. When her mother dies and her father is offered a job in Wellington on North Island, Kate is sent to live with an aunt. The girl runs away to find her father, hopping onto a boxcar and befriending a fellow fugitive, Patrick (Peter Phelps), an emotionally battle-scarred WWI veteran fleeing the authorities after injuring a repo man. Pretending to be father and daughter, Patrick and Kate use each other for cover as they make their way across New Zealand, sleeping under the stars and championing the rights of destitute farmers and homeless squatters whose fortunes have been wiped out by economic hardship.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1987-11-27
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- TMDB rating
- 6.4
- TMDB ID
- 137941
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Is there an official trailer for Starlight Hotel?
Yes, you can watch the official trailer for Starlight Hotel directly on this page. We pull the latest video metadata from TMDb and play it via YouTube integration.
What is Starlight Hotel about?
During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South Island. When her mother dies and her father is offered a job in Wellington on North Island, Kate... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Starlight Hotel?
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How long is the movie Starlight Hotel?
The official runtime for Starlight Hotel is approximately 93 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Greer Robson
Kate
Peter Phelps
Patrick
- A
Alice Fraser
Aunt
Patrick Smyth
Uncle
Bruce Phillips
Kate's Father
- V
Vanessa Young
Schoolgirl #1
- T
Teresa Bonney
Schoolgirl #2
- D
Duncan Anderson
Railway Foreman
- R
Russell Gibson
Railway Worker
Marshall Napier
Det. Wallace
Norman Forsey
Farmer
- C
Craig Halkett
Farmer's Son
- L
Louise Petherbridge
Chairwoman
- L
Laura Robertson
Panel Member
- J
John Watson
School Teacher
Lee Matheson
Constable #2
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