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Paradise Alley

1978 · 107 min · Director: Sylvester Stallone, Sylvester Stallone ★ IMDb 5.7 · 6,930 ratings

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Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.

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Paradise Alley (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Hope 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope25%
  2. Humor15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Hope, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Action. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Excitement
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

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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 8 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityExcitementTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Excitement41 %30 %26 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor40 %18 %19 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor41 %17 %27 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension49 %32 %39 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Excitement49 %37 %31 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor42 %23 %18 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Humor43 %19 %21 %17 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Humor51 %37 %37 %22 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Excitement61 %41 %46 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Sadness62 %21 %40 %49 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Sadness54 %13 %34 %47 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Empathy49 %18 %37 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 67′Tension52 %32 %41 %34 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Excitement51 %40 %33 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Humor46 %30 %26 %32 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Humor52 %19 %37 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Sadness66 %23 %55 %52 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Tension74 %45 %69 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Tension79 %63 %74 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 104′Excitement81 %70 %73 %55 %
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

Sylvester Stallone

Cosmo Carboni

LC
Lee Canalito

Armand Assante

Lenny Carboni

Kevin Conway

Stitch

TF
Terry Funk

TF
Terry Funk

Frankie the Thumper

JI
Joyce Ingalls

AE
Aimée Eccles

Tom Waits

Mumbles

CC
Chick Casey

Doorman

JJ
James J. Casino

Paradise Bartender

FO
Fredi O. Gordon

Paradise Alley Hooker

LG
Lydia Goya

Bar Room Hooker #1

MJ
Michael Jeffers

Paradise Alley Bum

ML
Max Leavitt

Mr. Gaimbelli

PM
Paul Mace

Rat

PM
Polli Magaro

Fat Lady

PD
Pamela Des Barres

Vonny

Details

Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Action
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 6,930 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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