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Tower

2016 · 82 min · Director: Keith Maitland ★ IMDb 7.9 · 8,675 ratings

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Nearly fifty years ago, a gunman rode the elevator to the twenty-seventh floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire. TOWER, an animated and action-packed documentary, shares the untold story of that day - when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.

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Tower (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 35%, Sadness 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Sadness, Empathy. Genres: Documentary, Crime, Animation. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Sadness and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Sadness
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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

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Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension78 %52 %28 %75 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Tension81 %61 %45 %75 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Sadness81 %64 %55 %73 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Tension77 %56 %44 %73 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Tension81 %65 %50 %79 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Tension85 %76 %64 %81 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Empathy83 %69 %54 %78 %
37.5 %≈ 31′Tension79 %60 %45 %71 %
42.5 %≈ 35′Empathy82 %73 %60 %69 %
47.5 %≈ 39′Empathy88 %86 %74 %76 %
52.5 %≈ 43′Empathy91 %83 %73 %86 %
57.5 %≈ 47′Tension91 %66 %55 %89 %
62.5 %≈ 51′Tension88 %56 %43 %71 %
67.5 %≈ 55′Relief86 %68 %60 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 59′Sadness84 %79 %75 %24 %
77.5 %≈ 64′Sadness83 %81 %76 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 68′Sadness88 %86 %81 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 72′Sadness89 %88 %80 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 76′Empathy85 %83 %72 %17 %
97.5 %≈ 80′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Rags to riches

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

MM
Monty Muir

CD
Chris Doubek

Allen Crum

CB
Cole Bee Wilson

BJ
Blair Jackson

Houston McCoy

LA
Louie Arnette

Ramiro "Ray" Martinez

JM
Josephine McAdam

Rita Starpattern

AO
Aldo Ordoñez

Aleck Hernandez Jr.

SB
Seamus Bolivar-Ochoa

John "Artly" Fox

VI
Vicky Illk

Brenda Bell

AM
Anthony Martinez

Lee "Junior" Zamora

RB
Rebecca Beegle

Comforting Woman

RP
Ron Pippin

Phil Miller

TL
Timothy Lucas

Kent Kirkley

KD
Karen Davidson

Margaret C. Berry

JB
Jeremy Brown

Jerry Day

CB
Cole Bresnehen

James Love

TM
Tyler Mager

Student With Rifle

JF
John Fitch

Billy Speed

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Steve Eckelman

Man in Suit

Details

Directed by
Keith Maitland
Written by
Keith Maitland, Pamela Colloff, Sarah Wilson
Type
Animation
Released
2016
Runtime
82 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.9 · 8,675 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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