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True Stories
“A Completely Cool, Multi-Purpose Movie.”
67%
Movie
1h 29m
AI Analysis
True Stories (1986) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of True Stories (1986) — a movie tagged as Comedy and Music with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~89 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate True Stories 67% (139 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
AI verdict
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TMDb audience score
67%
from 139 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1986-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 6.7
- TMDB ID
- 24798
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True Stories is available for discovery on WatchMind. You can find official links to rent, buy, or stream from licensed digital stores like Apple TV and Amazon in our "Where to Watch" section.
Is there an official trailer for True Stories?
Yes, you can watch the official trailer for True Stories directly on this page. We pull the latest video metadata from TMDb and play it via YouTube integration.
What is True Stories about?
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Is there an AI analysis for True Stories?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie True Stories?
The official runtime for True Stories is approximately 89 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
David Byrne
Narrator / Lip-Syncher
John Goodman
Louis Fyne
Annie McEnroe
Kay Culver
Jo Harvey Allen
The Lying Woman
Spalding Gray
Earl Culver
Alix Elias
The Cute Woman
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Mr. Tucker
Tito Larriva
Ramon
John Ingle
The Preacher
Matthew Posey
The Computer Guy
Swoosie Kurtz
The Lazy Woman
- A
Amy Buffington
Linda Culver
- R
Richard Dowlearn
Larry Culver
- C
Capucine De Wulf
The Little Girl on the Road
- C
Cynthia Gould
Factory Girl #1
- K
Kelly Wright
Factory Girl #2
- H
Hinpheth Siharath
Laotian Factory Worker
- P
Phyllis Wallace
Woman at Plant
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