Name: Paris, Texas
Released: 1984

Paris, Texas (1984): trivia & fun facts

Wenders said he had discovered Dean Stockwell as he was prepared to quit acting, finding no desirable roles and considering a career in real estate.
But Wenders said Stanton was unsure about his part, and about the age disparity between himself and Nastassja Kinski.
In the decennial critics' poll published by the British Film Institute's magazine Sight and Sound in 2022, Paris, Texas placed 185th.
West German director Wim Wenders had traveled to the United States and said he wanted "to tell a story about America".
Screenwriter Sam Shepard met Wenders to discuss writing and/or acting for Wenders's project Hammett.
In 2024, IndieWire named the film the 15th-best winner to date.
At the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Palme d'Or from the official jury, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.
Conflicts between Wenders's Road Movies company and distributor Filmverlag over how many copies of Paris, Texas should be released in West Germany after Cannes caused it to be initially denied a theatrical release there, so bus tours were launched to transport German viewers to Zürich for showings.
Paris, Texas screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1985 and again in 2006 as part of the Sundance Collection category.
In 2015, Guy Lodge of The Guardian named it a favorite Palme d'Or-winner, while Texas Monthly included it in its Best Texas Movies list for its depiction of Marathon, Texas.

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