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Quicksilver

1986 · 105 min · Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly ★ IMDb 5.7 · 5,892 ratings

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Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?

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Quicksilver (1986) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Sadness
Hope
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 dips around 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope43 %38 %20 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness50 %45 %31 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Hope39 %31 %21 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Hope30 %21 %10 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension36 %26 %11 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Hope41 %25 %21 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Sadness46 %31 %33 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension50 %41 %28 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Hope48 %35 %23 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness44 %25 %26 %31 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Humor48 %29 %34 %16 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Sadness55 %40 %46 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sadness55 %45 %49 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Sadness55 %41 %36 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Hope63 %45 %23 %40 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Tension71 %60 %19 %43 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Relief75 %68 %16 %38 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Tension78 %74 %25 %26 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Tension75 %63 %36 %25 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Relief65 %32 %27 %38 %
Cinderella

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

Paul Rodríguez

Hector Rodriguez

RR
Rudy Ramos

Gypsy

GS
Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Mr. Casey

AS
Andrew Smith

Gabe Kaplan

CM
Charles McCaughan

Airborne

AF
Abel Fernandez

Guyamo

DH
David Harris

Apache

GJ
Georgann Johnson

Mrs. Casey

JW
Joel Weiss

Educated

JR
Jimmy Romano

Spider

DW
Dick Warlock

Cab Driver

JH
Joseph Hieu

Asian Gang Member #1

Michael Paul Chan

Asian Gang Member #2

VM
Valerie McIntosh

Hooker

JH
Jim Henry

Options Trader

WK
Whitney Kershaw

Rand

Details

Directed by
Thomas Michael Donnelly
Written by
Thomas Michael Donnelly
Type
Movies
Released
1986
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 5,892 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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