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Sound City

2013 · 106 min · Director: Dave Grohl, Dave Grohl ★ IMDb 7.8 · 13,857 ratings

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The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.

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Sound City (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 32%, Nostalgia 25%, Excitement 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 Inspiration, Nostalgia, Excitement. Genres: Documentary, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Nostalgia and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 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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  • Nostalgia
  • Inspiration
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Nostalgia
Inspiration
Joy
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 13 %, then peaks around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityNostalgiaInspirationJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Nostalgia47 %42 %32 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor40 %35 %24 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Nostalgia35 %30 %25 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Nostalgia41 %34 %36 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Inspiration48 %35 %43 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Inspiration45 %29 %40 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Inspiration43 %29 %35 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Nostalgia43 %38 %25 %21 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Nostalgia49 %41 %20 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness56 %39 %31 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Inspiration51 %36 %40 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Inspiration48 %35 %32 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sadness56 %43 %29 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Nostalgia63 %54 %41 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Nostalgia61 %46 %53 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Inspiration56 %25 %54 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Inspiration54 %23 %53 %30 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Inspiration60 %36 %55 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Inspiration60 %43 %46 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Nostalgia52 %43 %28 %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

TR
Trent Reznor

DG
Dave Grohl

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TP
Tom Petty

MF
Mick Fleetwood

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Tom Petty

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MF
Mick Fleetwood

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JF
John Fogerty

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RC
Rivers Cuomo

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BM
Barry Manilow

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SN
Stevie Nicks

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RR
Rick Rubin

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RS
Rick Springfield

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LU
Lars Ulrich

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BV
Butch Vig

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LV
Lee Ving

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BW
Brad Wilk

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CS
Chris Shiflett

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RL
Robert Levon Been

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BB
Brian Bell

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Details

Directed by
Dave Grohl, Dave Grohl
Written by
Mark Monroe
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 13,857 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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