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American: The Bill Hicks Story

2009 · 102 min · Director: Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas, Paul Thomas ★ IMDb 7.7 · 5,102 ratings

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Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best.

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American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Humor 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Humor, Nostalgia. Genres: Documentary, Animation, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Humor and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Inspiration
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
Inspiration
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorInspirationEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor44 %40 %25 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor47 %36 %35 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Inspiration53 %30 %40 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy52 %24 %33 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Inspiration48 %25 %31 %38 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor52 %43 %36 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor56 %54 %33 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor56 %45 %21 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension61 %38 %25 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Inspiration63 %44 %38 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Humor57 %51 %33 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Humor55 %53 %28 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Humor56 %53 %27 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Humor57 %51 %31 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Inspiration56 %48 %40 %29 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Humor57 %40 %38 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Empathy62 %30 %34 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Sadness65 %29 %31 %57 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Sadness69 %38 %36 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Inspiration72 %42 %53 %42 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

KB
Kevin Booth

DS
Dwight Slade

MH
Mary Hicks

JF
John Farneti

LH
Lynn Hicks

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Details

Directed by
Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas, Paul Thomas
Type
Animation
Released
2009
Runtime
102 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 5,102 ratings
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