Going to the Mat

2004 television film directed by Stuart Gillard
Movie television_film Q945952
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Going to the Mat

Summary

Going to the Mat is a television film[1]. It draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #360 of 3,555).[2]

Key Facts

  • Going to the Mat received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs[3].
  • Going to the Mat's instance of is recorded as television film[4].
  • Going to the Mat's director is recorded as Stuart Gillard[5].
  • Going to the Mat's screenwriter is recorded as Chris Sean Nolan[6].
  • Going to the Mat's screenwriter is recorded as Laurie Nolan[7].
  • Going to the Mat's screenwriter is recorded as Steve Bloom[8].
  • Going to the Mat's screenwriter is recorded as Stu Krieger[9].
  • Going to the Mat's composer is recorded as Christopher Brady[10].
  • Going to the Mat's genre is recorded as teen film[11].
  • Going to the Mat's genre is recorded as drama film[12].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Andrew Lawrence[13].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Khleo Thomas[14].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Alessandra Torresani[15].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Billy Aaron Brown[16].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Brenda Strong[17].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Brian Wimmer[18].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as D. B. Sweeney[19].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Wayne Brady[20].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Marcus T. Paulk[21].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Brett Yoder[22].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as T.J. Lowther[23].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Tim Whitaker[24].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Daniel Henze[25].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Christopher Robin Miller[26].
  • Going to the Mat's cast member is recorded as Michael Scott[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Jana Sue Memel[28] and Don Schain[29]. Going to the Mat's director is recorded as Stuart Gillard[5]. Screenwriters include Chris Sean Nolan[6], Laurie Nolan[7], Steve Bloom[8], and Stu Krieger[9]. Cast members include Andrew Lawrence[13], Khleo Thomas[14], Alessandra Torresani[15], Billy Aaron Brown[16], Brenda Strong[17], and Brian Wimmer[18].

Publication

Going to the Mat's publication date is recorded as +2004-03-19T00:00:00Z[30]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[31]. Genres include teen film[11] and drama film[12].

Reception

Going to the Mat received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs[3].

Why It Matters

Going to the Mat draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #360 of 3,555).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Going to the Mat receive?

Honors received include Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . Going to the Mat. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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