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Defending Your Life

1991 film by Albert Brooks
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Defending Your Life

Summary

Defending Your Life is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,522 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Defending Your Life's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Defending Your Life was directed by Albert Brooks[4].
  • Albert Brooks wrote the screenplay for Defending Your Life[5].
  • Defending Your Life's composer is recorded as Erroll Garner[6].
  • Defending Your Life's genre is romantic comedy[7].
  • Defending Your Life's genre is fantasy film[8].
  • Defending Your Life's genre is fantasy comedy[9].
  • Defending Your Life's genre is Bangsian fantasy[10].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was Meryl Streep[11].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was Rip Torn[12].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was Lee Grant[13].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was Buck Henry[14].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was Albert Brooks[15].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was Shirley MacLaine[16].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was Ethan Embry[17].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was James Eckhouse[18].
  • A cast member of Defending Your Life was George D. Wallace[19].
  • Defending Your Life was produced by Michael Grillo[20].
  • Defending Your Life's production company is recorded as The Geffen Film Company[21].
  • Defending Your Life's director of photography is recorded as Allen Daviau[22].
  • The original language of Defending Your Life was English[23].
  • Defending Your Life was distributed by video on demand[24].
  • Defending Your Life's review score is recorded as 97%[25].
  • Defending Your Life's review score is recorded as 7.7/10[26].
  • Defending Your Life's color is recorded as color[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Defending Your Life was produced by Michael Grillo[20]. It was directed by Albert Brooks[4]. Albert Brooks wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Meryl Streep[11], Rip Torn[12], Lee Grant[13], Buck Henry[14], Albert Brooks[15], and Shirley MacLaine[16].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1991[28] and April 30, 1992[29]. The original language of Defending Your Life was English[23]. Genres include romantic comedy[7], fantasy film[8], fantasy comedy[9], and Bangsian fantasy[10]. It was distributed by video on demand[24].

Reception

Reviews include 97%[25] and 7.7/10[26].

Why It Matters

Defending Your Life ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,522 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Albert Brooks film Lee Grant Meryl Streep Netflix Rip Torn Shirley MacLaine United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 101698
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 101698, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269964|batch #269964]]"
  2. 29d ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Producer → Michael Grillo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P162]]: [[Q22109804]]"
  3. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 2408
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 4555, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  4. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1991-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1992-04-30T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Albert Brooks
    Duration → {'amount': '+107'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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