Movies like The Glass House 1972
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The Glass House (1972)
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Original name: Glass House
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. The film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.
Style:
tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
prison, suicide, young man, prison warden, prison life, rebellion, fighting the system, society, confined, introspection, moral dilemma, rebelliousness, fish out of water, human nature, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, drugs, violence, suspense, bullying, male nudity, african american, accident, baby, car accident ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, utah
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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423
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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