Blue Collar

1978 film by Paul Schrader
Movie film Q885666
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Blue Collar

Summary

Blue Collar is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blue Collar's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Blue Collar's director is recorded as Paul Schrader[4].
  • Blue Collar's screenwriter is recorded as Paul Schrader[5].
  • Blue Collar's screenwriter is recorded as Leonard Schrader[6].
  • Blue Collar's composer is recorded as Jack Nitzsche[7].
  • Blue Collar's movement is recorded as New Hollywood[8].
  • Blue Collar's genre is recorded as drama film[9].
  • Blue Collar's genre is recorded as crime film[10].
  • Blue Collar's genre is recorded as detective film[11].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Richard Pryor[12].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Harvey Keitel[13].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Yaphet Kotto[14].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Cliff DeYoung[15].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Ed Begley, Jr.[16].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Lane Smith[17].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Lucy Saroyan[18].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Tracey Walter[19].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Harry Bellaver[20].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Milton Selzer[21].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as George Memmoli[22].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Harry Northup[23].
  • Blue Collar's cast member is recorded as Chip Fields[24].
  • Blue Collar's production company is recorded as Tandem Productions[25].
  • Blue Collar's production company is recorded as Universal Pictures[26].
  • Blue Collar's director of photography is recorded as Bobby Byrne[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Blue Collar's director is recorded as Paul Schrader[4]. Screenwriters include Paul Schrader[5] and Leonard Schrader[6]. Cast members include Richard Pryor[12], Harvey Keitel[13], Yaphet Kotto[14], Cliff DeYoung[15], Ed Begley, Jr.[16], and Lane Smith[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1978-02-10T00:00:00Z[28], +1978-04-07T00:00:00Z[29], +1978-11-29T00:00:00Z[30], +1979-01-18T00:00:00Z[31], +1979-02-06T00:00:00Z[32], and +1979-04-17T00:00:00Z[33]. Blue Collar's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include drama film[9], crime film[10], and detective film[11].

Subject and Themes

Blue Collar's movement is recorded as New Hollywood[8].

Reception

Reviews include 98%[35], 7.9/10[36], and 77/100[37].

Why It Matters

Blue Collar ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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