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Erin Brockovich

2000 film directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Summary

Erin Brockovich is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,195 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Actress[3]
  • Director: Steven Soderbergh[4]
  • Screenwriter: Susannah Grant[5]
  • Composer: Thomas Newman[6]
  • Genre: biographical film[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Julia Roberts[9], Albert Finney[10], Aaron Eckhart[11], Marg Helgenberger[12], Peter Coyote[13], Cherry Jones[14], Wade Williams[15], Scotty Leavenworth[16], Conchata Ferrell[17], Erin Brockovich[18], T. J. Thyne[19], Tracey Walter[20], William Lucking[21], Edward L. Masry[22]
  • Producer: Danny DeVito[23], Stacey Sher[24], Gail Lyon[25], Michael Shamberg[26]
  • Production company: Jersey Group[27]
  • Director of photography: Edward Lachman[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30], DVD[31]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[32], 73/100[33], 85%[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: March 14, 2000[37], April 6, 2000[38], 2000[39]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[40], Ivi.ru[41]
  • Narrative location: California[42]
  • Official website: https://web.archive.org/web/20010208125256/http://www.erinbrockovich.com/home.html[43]
  • Filming location: California[44]
  • Main subject: Erin Brockovich[45], Hinkley groundwater contamination[46], lung cancer[47], Hodgkin lymphoma[48], Wikidata:Wikiproject Curarsi con i dati[49]
  • Film editor: Anne V. Coates[50]
  • Described by source: AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List[51], [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases][52]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[53], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[54], Academy Award for Best Actress[55], Academy Award for Best Director[56], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[57]

Why It Matters

Erin Brockovich has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

FAQs

What awards did Erin Brockovich receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actress[3].

Related Entities

Aaron Eckhart Albert Finney California Cherry Jones Conchata Ferrell Danny DeVito DVD Erin Brockovich film Julia Roberts Marg Helgenberger Peter Coyote Steven Soderbergh Thomas Newman United States Wade Williams

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases]. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases]. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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