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Firewalker (1986)

Directed by J. Lee Thompson · Cinematography by Álex Phillips Jr.

PG105 min132 frames

ActionAdventureComedy

A pair of down-and-out fortune hunters cash in on high adventure!

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Firewalker — official trailer

What is Firewalker about?

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

Firewalker is a 1986 American action-adventure comedy film starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Will Sampson in his final feature film role, and Melody Anderson. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Norman Aladjem, Robert Gosnell and Jeffrey M. Rosenbaum.

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What does the cinematography of Firewalker look like?

Sampled across 131 frames, the coverage of Firewalker leans on medium shots (60% of the sample) and close-ups (19%). Cinematographer Álex Phillips Jr. keeps 52% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 54% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 76% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Firewalker?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Firewalker (1986) are #33302a, #555349, #14120f, #46392c, #4e4a38, #918b76 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #46392c
  • #4e4a38
  • #918b76

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