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Grand Canyon (1991)

Grand Canyon poster
Directed by
Lawrence Kasdan
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 14m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 214 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people from different backgrounds in Los Angeles find their lives changed by a series of random encounters. The film looks at the divides of race and class in a modern American city.

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What happens

Grand Canyon is a 1991 American drama film directed and produced by Lawrence Kasdan, and written by Kasdan with his wife Meg. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film is about random events affecting a diverse group of people, exploring the race- and class-imposed chasms which separate members of the same community. The film was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox and was released on December 25, 1991. Grand Canyon was advertised as "The Big Chill for the '90s", in reference to an earlier Kasdan film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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