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Days of Thunder

1990 film by Tony Scott
Movie film Q603696
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Days of Thunder is a 1990 film that combines multiple genres to tell its story. The film is classified as a romance film, sport film, drama film, and action film [1].

Key Facts

  • Director: Tony Scott[3]
  • Screenwriter: Robert Towne[4]
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer[5]
  • Genre: romance film[6], sport film[7], drama film[8], action film[9]
  • Cast member: Robert Duvall[10], Nicole Kidman[11], Randy Quaid[12], Cary Elwes[13], Michael Rooker[14], John C. Reilly[15], Tom Cruise[16], Don Simpson[17], Caroline Williams[18], Chris Ellis (actor)[19], Fred Thompson[20], Leilani Sarelle[21], Margo Martindale[22], Peter Appel[23]
  • Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer[24], Don Simpson[25]
  • Production company: Jerry Bruckheimer Films[26], Paramount Pictures[27]
  • Director of photography: Ward Russell[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Commons category: Days of Thunder (film)[30]
  • Soundtrack release: Days of Thunder – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack[31], Days of Thunder – Music from the Motion Picture[32], Show Me Heaven[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 5.1/10[35], 60/100[36], 38%[37], 6.1/10[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40]
  • Publication date: June 27, 1990[41], September 20, 1990[42]
  • Sport: auto racing[43]
  • Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm[44], Netflix[45]
  • Narrative location: Florida[46]
  • Filming location: Florida[47]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Days of Thunder include Saturdays of Thunder[48], a television series episode[49], directed by Jim Reardon[50].

Why It Matters

Days of Thunder has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for it include Saturdays of Thunder[48], a television series episode[49], directed by Jim Reardon[50].

Related Entities

Arizona Cary Elwes Delaware film Florida Fred Thompson Hans Zimmer John C. Reilly Margo Martindale Michael Rooker NASCAR Netflix Nicole Kidman North Carolina Randy Quaid Richard Petty Robert Duvall Robert Towne South Carolina Tom Cruise Tony Scott United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . AlloCiné. 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] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. 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] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . 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. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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