Darkest Hour

2017 film directed by Joe Wright
Movie film Q27958298
Darkest Hour
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Darkest Hour

Summary

Darkest Hour is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,857 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Darkest Hour received the Academy Award for Best Actor[3].
  • Darkest Hour received the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[4].
  • Darkest Hour received the AACTA International Award for Best Actor[5].
  • Darkest Hour's image is recorded as Sir Winston S Churchill.jpg[6].
  • Darkest Hour's instance of is recorded as film[7].
  • Darkest Hour's director is recorded as Joe Wright[8].
  • Darkest Hour's screenwriter is recorded as Anthony McCarten[9].
  • Darkest Hour's composer is recorded as Dario Marianelli[10].
  • Darkest Hour's genre is recorded as biographical film[11].
  • Darkest Hour's genre is recorded as war film[12].
  • Darkest Hour's genre is recorded as drama film[13].
  • Darkest Hour's logo image is recorded as Darkest Hour logo.jpg[14].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Gary Oldman[15].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Kristin Scott Thomas[16].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Lily James[17].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Stephen Dillane[18].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Ronald Pickup[19].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Ben Mendelsohn[20].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Nicholas Jones[21].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Richard Lumsden[22].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Jeremy Child[23].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Samuel West[24].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as David Schofield[25].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Malcolm Storry[26].
  • Darkest Hour's cast member is recorded as Hilton McRae[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Tim Bevan[28], Lisa Bruce[29], Eric Fellner[30], Anthony McCarten[31], and Douglas Urbanski[32]. Darkest Hour's director is recorded as Joe Wright[8]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Anthony McCarten[9]. Cast members include Gary Oldman[15], Kristin Scott Thomas[16], Lily James[17], Stephen Dillane[18], Ronald Pickup[19], and Ben Mendelsohn[20].

Publication

Publication dates include +2018-01-18T00:00:00Z[33], +2018-01-25T00:00:00Z[34], +2018-01-05T00:00:00Z[35], +2017-09-01T00:00:00Z[36], +2017-11-22T00:00:00Z[37], and +2018-01-12T00:00:00Z[38]. Darkest Hour's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[39]. Genres include biographical film[11], war film[12], and drama film[13].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Actor[3], an award for best leading actor[40], in United States[41], founded in 1929[42]; Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[4], an Academy Awards[43], in United States[44], founded in 1981[45], headquartered in Dolby Theatre[46]; and AACTA International Award for Best Actor[5], a class of award[47], in Australia[48], founded in 2012[49]. Reviews include 7.3/10[50], 84%[51], and 75/100[52].

Why It Matters

Darkest Hour ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,857 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did Darkest Hour receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actor[3], Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[4], and AACTA International Award for Best Actor[5].

References

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  28. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [4] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  32. [50] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [51] . wikidata.org.
  34. [52] . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  37. [35] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [36] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [37] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [38] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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