Four Friends

1981 film by Arthur Penn
Movie film Q1172875
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Four Friends

Summary

Four Friends is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Four Friends's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Four Friends's director is recorded as Arthur Penn[4].
  • Four Friends's screenwriter is recorded as Steve Tesich[5].
  • Four Friends's composer is recorded as Elizabeth Swados[6].
  • Four Friends's genre is recorded as comedy drama[7].
  • Four Friends's genre is recorded as coming-of-age film[8].
  • Four Friends's genre is recorded as drama film[9].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Craig Wasson[10].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Jodi Thelen[11].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Jim Metzler[12].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as David Graf[13].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as James Leo Herlihy[14].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Lois Smith[15].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Reed Birney[16].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Michael Huddleston[17].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Mercedes Ruehl[18].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Glenne Headly[19].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Natalia Nogulich[20].
  • Four Friends's cast member is recorded as Elizabeth Lawrence[21].
  • Four Friends's producer is recorded as Michael Tolan[22].
  • Four Friends's producer is recorded as Gene Lasko[23].
  • Four Friends's producer is recorded as Arthur Penn[24].
  • Four Friends's director of photography is recorded as Ghislain Cloquet[25].
  • Four Friends's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0082404[26].
  • Four Friends's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Michael Tolan[22], Gene Lasko[23], and Arthur Penn[24]. Four Friends's director is recorded as Arthur Penn[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Steve Tesich[5]. Cast members include Craig Wasson[10], Jodi Thelen[11], Jim Metzler[12], David Graf[13], James Leo Herlihy[14], and Lois Smith[15].

Publication

Four Friends's publication date is recorded as +1981-12-11T00:00:00Z[28]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[27]. Genres include comedy drama[7], coming-of-age film[8], and drama film[9].

Reception

Reviews include 78%[29] and 6.9/10[30].

Why It Matters

Four Friends ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. 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] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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