Crossroads

1986 film directed by Walter Hill
Movie film Q979733
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Crossroads

Summary

Crossroads is a film[1]. Crossroads ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (841 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crossroads's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Crossroads's director is recorded as Walter Hill[4].
  • Crossroads's screenwriter is recorded as Walter Hill[5].
  • Crossroads's composer is recorded as Ry Cooder[6].
  • Crossroads's genre is recorded as buddy film[7].
  • Crossroads's genre is recorded as musical film[8].
  • Crossroads's genre is recorded as coming-of-age film[9].
  • Crossroads's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Crossroads's genre is recorded as mystery film[11].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Ralph Macchio[12].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Joe Seneca[13].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Jami Gertz[14].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Joe Morton[15].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Steve Vai[16].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Tim Russ[17].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as John Hancock[18].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Akosua Busia[19].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Harry Carey[20].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Dennis Lipscomb[21].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Jean Badin[22].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Robert Judd[23].
  • Crossroads's cast member is recorded as Allan Arbus[24].
  • Crossroads's producer is recorded as Tim Zinnemann[25].
  • Crossroads's performer is recorded as Ry Cooder[26].
  • Crossroads's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 183691855[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Crossroads's performer is recorded as Ry Cooder[26]. Crossroads's producer is recorded as Tim Zinnemann[25]. Crossroads's director is recorded as Walter Hill[4]. Crossroads's screenwriter is recorded as Walter Hill[5]. Cast members include Ralph Macchio[12], Joe Seneca[13], Jami Gertz[14], Joe Morton[15], Steve Vai[16], and Tim Russ[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1986-03-14T00:00:00Z[28] and +1987-10-22T00:00:00Z[29]. Crossroads's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include buddy film[7], musical film[8], coming-of-age film[9], drama film[10], and mystery film[11].

Reception

Reviews include 5.9/10[31] and 76%[32].

Why It Matters

Crossroads ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (841 views/month).[2] Crossroads has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Crossroads is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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