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Fireworks

Fireworks

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Fireworks

1947

0h 14m

5.9(81 votes)

Horror

Drama

Overview

A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.

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3 members

Directing

Kenneth Anger

Dreamer (uncredited)

Kenneth Anger

Acting

Gordon Gray

First Sailor (uncredited)

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Acting

Bill Seltzer

Second Sailor (uncredited)

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