Dave

1993 film directed by Ivan Reitman
Movie film Q539658
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Summary

Dave is a film[1]. Dave ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,295 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Ivan Reitman[3]
  • Screenwriter: Gary Ross[4]
  • Composer: James Newton Howard[5]
  • Genre: comedy drama[6], romantic comedy[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Kevin Kline[9], Sigourney Weaver[10], Kevin Dunn[11], Frank Langella[12], Ving Rhames[13], Laura Linney[14], Charles Grodin[15], Ben Kingsley[16], Bonnie Hunt[17], Stephen Root[18], Arnold Schwarzenegger[19], Anna Deavere Smith[20], Ben Stein[21], Charles Hallahan[22]
  • Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner[23]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[24], Warner Bros. Pictures[25]
  • Director of photography: Adam Greenberg[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 7.6/10[29], 76/100[30], 95%[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1993[34], July 29, 1993[35]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: Washington, D.C.[38]
  • Film editor: Sheldon Kahn[39]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[40]
  • Title: Dave[41]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[42]
  • Duration: 105 minutes[43]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[44]

Why It Matters

Dave has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Dave is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. 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] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', '
    Ampas collections film id → W084017
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 106673
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 3587
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  4. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0015769
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1993-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1993-07-29T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Gary Ross
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+105'}
    Set during recurring event → Washington's Birthday
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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