Babylon 5: In the Beginning

1998 television film directed by Mike Vejar
Movie television_film Q797922
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Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Summary

Babylon 5: In the Beginning is a television film[1]. It draws 302 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #416 of 3,555).[2]

Key Facts

  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning is the creator of In the Beginning — creator (P170): J. Michael Straczynski[3].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's instance of is recorded as In the Beginning — instance of (P31): television film[4].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning was directed by In the Beginning — director (P57): Mike Vejar[5].
  • In the Beginning — screenwriter (P58): J. Michael Straczynski wrote the screenplay for Babylon 5: In the Beginning[6].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's composer is recorded as In the Beginning — composer (P86): Christopher Franke[7].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's genre is In the Beginning — genre (P136): science fiction[8].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning followed In the Beginning — follows (P155): Babylon 5: The Gathering[9].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning was followed by In the Beginning — followed by (P156): Babylon 5: Thirdspace[10].
  • A cast member of Babylon 5: In the Beginning was In the Beginning — cast member (P161): Bruce Boxleitner[11].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning was produced by In the Beginning — producer (P162): John Copeland[12].
  • The original language of Babylon 5: In the Beginning was In the Beginning — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[13].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning was distributed by In the Beginning — distribution format (P437): video on demand[14].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's country of origin is recorded as In the Beginning — country of origin (P495): United States[15].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning was released on January 1, 1998[16].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning began on January 4, 1998[17].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's distributed by is recorded as In the Beginning — distributed by (P750): TNT[18].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's distributed by is recorded as In the Beginning — distributed by (P750): Netflix[19].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as In the Beginning — takes place in fictional universe (P1434): Babylon 5 universe[20].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Babylon 5: In the Beginning'}[21].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's FSK film rating is recorded as In the Beginning — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 6[22].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+91'}[23].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's Medierådet rating is recorded as In the Beginning — Medierådet rating (P5970): For ages 11 and up[24].
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning's media franchise is recorded as In the Beginning — media franchise (P8345): Babylon 5[25].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[26]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[27]

  • First release date: 1998-08-11[28]

  • Genre(s): classical, dark ambient, electronic, modern classical[29]

  • Community tags: classical, dark ambient, electronic, modern classical[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e3e070bb-8111-3eba-b22e-0f955eb3436e[31]

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Authorship and Creation

Babylon 5: In the Beginning was produced by In the Beginning — producer (P162): John Copeland[12]. It was directed by In the Beginning — director (P57): Mike Vejar[5]. In the Beginning — screenwriter (P58): J. Michael Straczynski wrote the screenplay for it[6]. A cast member of it was In the Beginning — cast member (P161): Bruce Boxleitner[11]. It is the creator of In the Beginning — creator (P170): J. Michael Straczynski[3].

Publication

Babylon 5: In the Beginning was released on January 1, 1998[16]. The original language of it was In the Beginning — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[13]. Its genre is In the Beginning — genre (P136): science fiction[8]. It was distributed by In the Beginning — distribution format (P437): video on demand[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Babylon 5: In the Beginning followed In the Beginning — follows (P155): Babylon 5: The Gathering[9]. It was followed by In the Beginning — followed by (P156): Babylon 5: Thirdspace[10].

Why It Matters

Babylon 5: In the Beginning draws 302 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #416 of 3,555).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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