Don't Come Knocking Poster
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69
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Release Date: 2005

DVD Release Date: August 8th, 2006

R|2 hr 5 min

Plot Summary
Washed-up movie star Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) spends his days drowning his sorrows in an endless stream of drugs and alcohol, but news that he may have fathered a child offers him a ray of hope. He sets out to find his offspring and discovers a whole life that he has missed.

Cast: Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk, Eva Marie Saint, James Gammon

Director: Wim Wenders

Genres: Drama

Production Co: Road Movies

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Dont Come Knocking Unscripted - Wim Wenders and Gabriel Man - Full
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Dont Come Knocking - Trailer
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  • 63
    Steven ReaPhiladelphia Inquirer

    T Bone Burnett's soundtrack has the appropriate twang to give Wenders' Hopperesque tableaux a nice, filmic poetry. But as arresting as the images are, Shepard's clunky, soap-opera banter brings most everything, and everyone, crashing down to earth. show more

  • 70
    Kirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood Reporter

    Don't Come Knocking expresses itself with deadpan humor, striking imagery, Western iconography and outbursts of strong emotions. show more

  • 88
    Ken FoxTV Guide Magazine

    Beautifully shot in rich colors by Franz Lustig, it's possibly Wenders' most accessible film to date, and among his most emotionally satisfying. show more

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