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Gods of Egypt

2016 film directed by Alex Proyas
Movie film Q15972938
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Summary

Gods of Egypt is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,327 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Alex Proyas[3]
  • Screenwriter: Matt Sazama[4], Burk Sharpless[5]
  • Composer: Marco Beltrami[6]
  • Genre: fantasy film[7], drama film[8], action film[9], sword-and-sandal film[10], adventure film[11]
  • Named after: God[12], Egypt[13]
  • Cast member: Gerard Butler[14], Brenton Thwaites[15], Nikolaj Coster-Waldau[16], Élodie Yung[17], Courtney Eaton[18], Geoffrey Rush[19], Chadwick Boseman[20], Bryan Brown[21], Rachael Blake[22], Emma Booth[23], Abbey Lee[24], Rufus Sewell[25], Bruce Spence[26], Alexander England[27]
  • Producer: Alex Proyas[28]
  • Production company: Summit Entertainment[29]
  • Director of photography: Peter Menzies[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
  • Commons category: Gods of Egypt (film)[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33], DVD[34]
  • Review score: 3.7/10[35], 14%[36], 25/100[37]
  • Color: color[38]
  • Country of origin: United States[39], Australia[40]
  • Publication date: February 26, 2016[41], April 21, 2016[42], February 25, 2016[43]
  • Characters: Horus[44], Seth[45], Thoth[46], Hathor[47], Ra[48], Osiris[49], Anubis[50], Isis[51], Nephthys[52], Mnevis[53], Astarte[54], Anat[55], sphinx[56]
  • Distributed by: Summit Entertainment[57], Big Bang Media[58], Netflix[59], Xfinity Streampix[60]
  • Narrative location: Ancient Egypt[61]
  • Official website: http://www.godsofegypt.movie/[62]
  • Filming location: Sydney[63], Australia[64]
  • Main subject: Egyptian mythology[65]
  • Film editor: Richard Learoyd[66]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[67]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[68]

  • First release date: 2016-02-26[69]

  • Genre(s): classical[70]

  • Community tags: classical[71]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cdf8ac1b-93cf-4d3f-b275-f057efd49468[72]

Why It Matters

Gods of Egypt has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]

Related Entities

Australia Brenton Thwaites Bryan Brown Chadwick Boseman DVD Egypt Élodie Yung film Geoffrey Rush Gerard Butler Marco Beltrami Netflix Rufus Sewell Summit Entertainment Sydney United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [67] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  5. [71] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [72] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [73] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [74] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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