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F.I.S.T.

1978 · 145 min · Director: Norman Jewison ★ IMDb 6.4 · 9,521 ratings

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Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

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F.I.S.T. (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Anger 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Anger, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Anger and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Hope
  • Empathy

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Hope
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 13 %, then rises around 38 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHopeEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 4′Empathy43 %33 %17 %39 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Hope41 %30 %28 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 18′Hope40 %26 %36 %33 %
17.5 %≈ 25′Hope41 %29 %37 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 33′Hope42 %32 %32 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 40′Humor42 %32 %26 %27 %
32.5 %≈ 47′Humor45 %37 %30 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 54′Hope57 %52 %32 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 62′Tension70 %67 %29 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 69′Tension71 %68 %38 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 76′Tension63 %55 %43 %27 %
57.5 %≈ 83′Hope52 %39 %29 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 91′Tension47 %40 %14 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 98′Tension50 %44 %14 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 105′Hope53 %46 %17 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 112′Tension61 %57 %10 %17 %
82.5 %≈ 120′Tension70 %69 %3 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 127′Tension77 %76 %3 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 134′Tension79 %77 %4 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 141′Tension79 %76 %6 %45 %
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

John D. 'Johnny' Kovak

Rod Steiger

Sen. Andrew Madison

Melinda Dillon

Anna Zarinkas

DH
David Huffman

Kevin Conway

Vince Doyle

JL
John Lehne

JL
John Lehne

Mr. Gant

HW
Henry Wilcoxon

Win Talbot

Richard Herd

Mike Monahan

TM
Tony Mockus Jr.

Tom Higgins

KK
Ken Kercheval

Bernie Marr

EK
Elena Karam

Mrs. Zarinkas

JT
Joe Tornatore

Angel

James Karen

Andrews

SG
Stuart Gillard

Phil Talbot

Brian Dennehy

Frank Vasko

SC
Sam Chew Jr.

Peter Jacobs

Details

Directed by
Norman Jewison
Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
145 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 9,521 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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