Cannonball

1976 film by Paul Bartel
Movie film Q1553848
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Cannonball

Summary

Cannonball is a film[1]. Cannonball ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cannonball's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Cannonball was directed by Paul Bartel[4].
  • Paul Bartel wrote the screenplay for Cannonball[5].
  • Don Simpson wrote the screenplay for Cannonball[6].
  • Cannonball's composer is recorded as David Axelrod[7].
  • Cannonball's genre is comedy drama[8].
  • Cannonball's genre is action film[9].
  • Cannonball's genre is comedy film[10].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Q187038[11].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Bill McKinney[12].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Veronica Hamel[13].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Gerrit Graham[14].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Robert Carradine[15].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Sylvester Stallone[16].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was John Herzfeld[17].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Belinda Balaski[18].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Judy Canova[19].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Carl Gottlieb[20].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Dick Miller[21].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was James Keach[22].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Martin Scorsese[23].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Mary Woronov[24].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Paul Bartel[25].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Allan Arkush[26].
  • A cast member of Cannonball was Joe Dante[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Cannonball was directed by Paul Bartel[4]. Screenwriters include Paul Bartel[5] and Don Simpson[6]. Cast members include Q187038[11], Bill McKinney[12], Veronica Hamel[13], Gerrit Graham[14], Robert Carradine[15], and Sylvester Stallone[16].

Publication

Publication dates include September 8, 1976[28], October 15, 1976[29], December 17, 1976[30], January 21, 1977[31], March 1977[32], and May 18, 1977[33]. The original language of Cannonball was English[34]. Genres include comedy drama[8], action film[9], and comedy film[10].

Subject and Themes

Cannonball's main subject is car[35].

Reception

Cannonball's review score is recorded as 20%[36].

Why It Matters

Cannonball ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).[2] Cannonball has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Cannonball is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 74279
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 74279, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  2. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 2752
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 2752, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  3. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 24665
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create [[Property:P14671]] statements based on [[Property:P2676]] qualifier"
  4. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1976-09-08T00:00:00Z, +1976-10-15T00:00:00Z, +1976-12-17T00:00:00Z +10
    Screenwriter → Paul Bartel, Don Simpson
    Duration → {'amount': '+84'}
    Bbfc rating → 12 certificate
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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