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The Long Walk Home

1990 · 97 min · Director: Richard Pearce ★ IMDb 7.3 · 5,858 ratings

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Dramatizes the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport because they were forced to sit at the back. Odessa works as a maid for the Thompsons, and as well as she is treated, she feels it is her duty to walk to work, even if it means she is exhausted, and gets to work late.

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The Long Walk Home (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Inspiration 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Empathy
25%Inspiration
20%Sadness
  1. Empathy30%
  2. Inspiration25%
  3. Sadness20%
  4. Anger15%
  5. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Inspiration, Sadness. Genres: Drama, History. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Inspiration and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Hope
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Hope
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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyHopeTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Hope42 %35 %17 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Anger53 %45 %20 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Hope53 %48 %29 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Empathy52 %49 %39 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Hope56 %50 %41 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Empathy49 %39 %24 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Anger50 %38 %19 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Empathy57 %46 %29 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Tension64 %53 %21 %50 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Anger75 %66 %20 %65 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Empathy73 %63 %29 %59 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Anger68 %50 %34 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Hope73 %55 %36 %53 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Anger74 %63 %28 %53 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Empathy71 %68 %32 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Hope70 %68 %55 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Hope74 %65 %55 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Tension84 %71 %45 %75 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Empathy90 %71 %61 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Hope88 %57 %80 %37 %
Man in a hole

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

SS
Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Miriam Thompson

WG
Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Odessa Cotter

DS
Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz

Norman Thompson

Ving Rhames

Herbert Cotter

Dylan Baker

Tunker Thompson

Erika Alexander

Selma Cotter

LR
Lexi Randall

Mary Catherine

RH
Richard Habersham

Theodore Cotter

JW
Jason Weaver

Franklin Cotter

CR
Crystal Robbins

Sara Thompson

CS
Cherene Snow

Claudia

Chelcie Ross

Martin

Dan Butler

Charlie

PS
Philip Sterling

Winston

SF
Schuyler Fisk

Judy (Girl at Oak Park)

NM
Nancy Moore Atchison

Anne (Girl at Oak Park)

HB
Haynes Brooke

Policeman at Oak Park

JA
Jim Aycock

Roger

RW
Rebecca Wackler

Lucille

CH
Charles Hubbard

Mr. Cooper

Details

Directed by
Richard Pearce
Written by
John Cork
Type
Movies
Released
1990
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, History
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 5,858 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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