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Cruising

1980 film by William Friedkin
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Summary

Cruising is a film[1]. Cruising ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,130 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: William Friedkin[3]
  • Screenwriter: William Friedkin[4]
  • Composer: Jack Nitzsche[5]
  • Movement: New Hollywood[6]
  • Genre: crime film[7], erotic thriller[8], LGBTQ-related film[9], detective film[10], thriller film[11], neo-noir[12]
  • Based on: Cruising[13]
  • Cast member: Al Pacino[14], Paul Sorvino[15], Karen Allen[16], Richard Cox[17], Don Scardino[18], James Remar[19], Joe Spinell[20], Ed O'Neill[21], William Russ[22], Mike Starr[23], Powers Boothe[24], Jay Acovone[25], Sonny Grosso[26], Leo Burmester[27]
  • Producer: Jerry Weintraub[28]
  • Depicts: cruising for sex[29]
  • Production company: Lorimar Television[30]
  • Director of photography: James A. Contner[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 50%[34], 6.1/10[35]
  • Color: color[36]
  • Country of origin: United States[37], Germany[38], West Germany[39]
  • Publication date: February 8, 1980[40], August 29, 1980[41], February 15, 1980[42]
  • Distributed by: Lorimar Television[43], Netflix[44], United Artists[45]
  • Narrative location: New York City[46]
  • Filming location: New York City[47], Manhattanville[48]
  • Main subject: New York City Police Department[49], serial killer[50]
  • Film editor: Bud S. Smith[51]
  • Nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture[52], Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director[53], Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay[54]
  • Title: Cruising[55]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[56]

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[57]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation, Soundtrack[58]

  • First release date: 1980[59]

  • Genre(s): disco, electronic, funk, pop rock, punk, rock[60]

  • Community tags: disco, electronic, funk, pop rock, punk, rock, soundtrack, stage screen[61]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a675ec77-d226-3c25-bdd7-f30dd406dd6d[62]

Why It Matters

Cruising has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Cruising is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Related Entities

Al Pacino Ed O'Neill film Germany James Remar Karen Allen Netflix New York City Paul Sorvino Powers Boothe United States West Germany William Friedkin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

  1. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [60] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [61] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [62] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Kwayst · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1980-02-08T00:00:00Z, +1980-08-29T00:00:00Z, +1980-02-15T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → William Friedkin
    Imda rating → M18, PG
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