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1968 · directed by John Cassavetes · 130 min
23,664 feet · Prominence
1,040th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

No worldwide gross on file, so Draw is zero. A gap in the data, not a verdict.

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards33 signal → +2 lift

Oscars3 nominated Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy66

Judged directly: Registry and Criterion, American indie foundation.

Verdict66 of 100IMDb7.4 from 12kWikipedia5k views a monthAge58 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 407 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 0 praise 89 legacy 66averages 52, placing it at23,664 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gena Rowlands18,321 ftSeymour Cassel18,082 ftJohn Marley18,052 ftJohn Cassavetes17,875 ftFred Draper17,732 ft